SAS 2026
March 12-14, 2026
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Welcome to the Society for Affective Science
The Society for Affective Science is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering basic and applied research in the variety of fields that study affect broadly defined. To achieve this goal, we hold conferences annually to showcase research drawn internationally from psychology, medicine, neuroscience, computer science, law, economics, anthropology, linguistics, sociology, business, political science and other related fields.
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Remembering Dr. Paul Ekman
Affective science has lost an extraordinary member of our community: Dr. Paul Ekman, who passed peacefully at home at the age of 91 on Monday. Dr. Ekman's pioneering cross-cultural research on the interpretation of facial expressions in emotional terms, and his fierce...
SASolina – Regional Event on September 19, 2025
SAS is excited to officially announce the inaugural Mid-Atlantic offshoot conference, which we are affectionately calling SASolina, and will take place at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Friday, September 19, 2025. The theme of this SASolina...
Join the Society for Affective Sciences’ annual grad app workshop on Saturday 9/20/25 @ 12PM ET!
Are you applying to psychology doctoral programs in Fall 2025?! If so, you do not want to miss the third annual Graduate School Application Workshop, hosted by the Society of Affective Science Student Committee! In this workshop, come and learn from current trainees...