Invited Flash Talks

Spotlight on leading affective scientists and their seminal works, followed by open audience Q&A.

Clicking on each speaker’s name will take you to their personal websites.

Tel Aviv University, Israel

Transcending the "Good & Bad" and "Here & Now" in emotion regulation

Kyoto University, Japan

Threat based awe induces meaning making process and interdependently oriented happiness

Stanford University, USA

The Human Screenome Project and the emotional dynamics of individuals’ everyday digital lives

University of Miami, USA

Computational modeling of personally meaningful events to determine the drivers of human emotion

University of New Mexico, USA

Best experiment ever! Puppies, milkshakes, and the neurobiology of anhedonia

University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada

Emotion dynamics in parent-adolescent dyads

University of Michigan, USA

Human-centered computing: Using speech to understand behavior

RIKEN, Japan

The facial dynamics of genuine and deliberate of surprise

Uchida/Sheppes/Namba: Wednesday, April 14th, 2021; 1:15pm – 2:15pm JST (4:15am – 5:15am UTC)

Heller/Provost/Ram: Friday, April 16th, 2021; 1:15pm – 2:15pm BST (12:15pm – 1:15pm UTC)

Cavanagh/Lougheed/Hoggard: Friday, April 16th, 2021; 1:15pm – 2:15pm PDT (8:15pm – 9:15pm UTC)