Food Neophobia

Prof. Steve Reilly obtained his D.Phil. from the University of York, England, for research concerning the neural basis of learning and memory. He has held positions in Canada and the USA (Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine) and since 1996, has been in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of over 75 published articles on taste aversion and food neophobia, as well as being the co-editor of two books.

Part I: Non-Human Animal Research 1. Social Influences on Food Neophobia 2. Taste Neophobia over the Life Span 3. Stimulus-Stimulus Interactions and the Habituation of Neophobia 4. Context and Taste Neophobia 5. Palatability and the Neural Substrates of Taste Neophobia 6. Neuorbiology of Neophobia and Its Attenuation 7. The Insular Cortext and Taste Novelty 8. Dopamine and Taste Novelty

Part II: Human Perspective 9. Conceptualization and Measurement of Human Food Neophobia 10. Neophobia at 20 Months: A Visual Categorisation Problem? 11. Multi-Sensory Evaluation and the Neophobia Food Response 12. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Food Neophobia 13. Food Neophobia in Children and Its Relationship with Parental Feeding Practices/Style 14. Food Neophobia and Its Association with Diet Quality and Weight Status in Children 15. The Origins of Disordered Eating and Childhood Food Neophobia: Applying an Anxiety Perspective 16. Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: An Eating Disorder on a Spectrum with Food Neophobia 17. Neophobia in Children with Special Needs: Selective Eating and Its Treatment