Program & Venue

Program

March 21 at Mid Sweden University Campus Östersund, lecture hall F234

9:00-9:10 Opening and welcome

Ulrika Danielsson, Head of the Department
Monique Pfaltz and Billy Jansson, Programme coordinators
Department of Psychology and Social Work, Mid Sweden University

9:10-9:20 Introduction

Emotional processes and their measurement

Francisco Esteves, Department of Psychology and Social Work, Mid Sweden University

9:20-10:10 

Enlightening the brain: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy as a useful tool for emotion research?

Michael Plichta, Interdisciplinary Center for Neuroscience Frankfurt, Germany

10:10-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-11:20

Patterns in emotion: Navigating complex findings through review and meta-analytic insights on alexithymia and interoception

Julia Ditzer, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

11:20-12.10

Emotional responses to loved familiar faces: from basic research to clinical implications

Pedro Guerra, Department of Personality, Assessment, and Psychological Treatment. Mind, Brain, and Behavior Research Center. University of Granada, Spain

12:10-13:30 Lunch

13:30-14:20

A new but classical psychophysiological approach to the study of mirth

Elisabeth Ruiz Padial, Department of Psychology of the University of Jaén, Spain.

14:20-15:00 Coffee break

15:00-16:00 Questions and answers

Michael Plichta
Julia Ditzer
Pedro Guerra
Elisabeth Ruiz Padial