2026 Flash Talks

Flash Talk session 1:
Social and cultural influences on emotions

Know Thyself, Regulate Thyself: Identity Development and Emotion Regulation Across Time

Alex Le, Stanford University

Does Authenticity or Appropriateness of Emotional Expression Matter More? Cultural Variation in Perceptions of People who Perform Affect

Raphael Uricher, Stanford University

What You See is What You Regret: An Eye-Tracking Study

Kate Petrova, Stanford University

Anticipated Affect from Inaction Plays an Outsized Role in Daily Goal Prioritization

Skylar Brooks, UC Berkeley

Move Over Neuroticism—Agreeable People Feel Bad Too!

Deborah Qu, UC Berkeley

Changes in Physiological Linkage over 15 years in Long-Term Married Couples 

Franco Xavier Mercado, UC Berkeley 

Flash talk session 2:
The biological basis of emotions

Elevated Resting Heart Rate Variability in Cognitively Healthy Older Adults at Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease

Isabel Sible, UCSF

Rejection Mindset Interventions Help Socially Anxious People Perform Better Under Pressure

Amanda Silver, UC San Diego

Control of Fear States and Underlying Neural Dynamics by Respiratory Interoception 

Alexandra Klein, UCSF 

The Extended Amygdala Tracks Threat Probability, Not Uncertainty 

Mesude Okhan, UC Davis 

Characterization of Personalized Affective States by Utilizing Large Human Multimodal
Neurophysiological Datasets

Maryam Bijanzadeh, UCSF

Flash talk session 3:
The clinical and developmental windows into emotions

Dimensions of Childhood Adversity, Emotion Expertise, and Psychological Functioning in College Students  

Peter Martinez, CSU Dominguez Hills 

When Coping Falls Short: Social Class Discrimination and Perceived Stress 

Bingyue Tan, San Francisco State University 

Reducing Negative Sentiment on Social Media Increases Well-Being 

Jonas Schoene, Stanford University  

Strong Ties Over Network Size: Friendships and Loneliness in the First Year of College 

Maria Calderon Leon, UC Davis

Unity in Diversity: Trait, State, Physiological & Narrative Facets of Moral Beauty in Four Countries

Alejandro Campero-Oliart, UC Berkeley

Neural Correlates of Positive Feelings under Psilocybin: A Personalized Within-Subjects Neuroimaging Study with Healthy Volunteers 

Lorenzo Pasquini, UCSF