Date: June 6, 2026
Location: Mission Bay Conference Center, 1675 Owens St, San Francisco, CA 94143
| 9:15 – 9:45 am | Breakfast |
| 9:45 –10:00 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks Virginia Sturm, Micah Valero (Local Organizing Committee) |
| 10:00 – 11:00 am | Flash Talks Session 1: Social and Cultural Influences on Emotions Know Thyself, Regulate Thyself: Identity Development and Emotion Regulation Across Time Alex Le, Stanford University Appropriateness vs Authenticity of Emotional Expression: Cultural Differences 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 Move Over Neuroticism—Agreeable People Feel Bad Too! Deborah Qu, UC Berkeley Neural Correlates of Political Open-Mindedness Sarah Feng, Stanford University Anticipated Affect from Inaction Plays an Outsized Role in Daily Goal Prioritization Skyler Brooks, UC Berkeley Discussant: Hooria Jazaieri, Santa Clara University |
| 11:00 – 11:15 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 am – 12:15 pm | Flash Talks Session 2: The Biological Basis of Emotions Control of Fear States and Underlying Neural Dynamics by Respiratory Interoception Alexandra Klein, UCSF Changes in Physiological Linkage over 15 years in Long-Term Married Couples Franco Xavier Mercado, UC Berkeley The Extended Amygdala Tracks Threat Probability, not Uncertainty Mesude Okhan, UC Davis 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 Personalized Neural and Autonomic Signatures of Emotion States Maryam Bijanzadeh, UCSF Discussant: Greg Hajcak, Santa Clara University |
| 12:15 – 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 – 3:00 pm | Panel Brian Knutson, Stanford University Kristen Berendzen, UCSF Iris Mauss, UC Berkeley Discussant: Kuan-Hua Chen, UC Davis |
| 3:00 – 4:00 pm | Flash Talks Session 3: Clinical and Developmental Windows into Emotions Unity in Diversity: Trait, State, & Physiological 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 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 Schöne, Stanford University Strong Ties Over Network Size: Friendships and Loneliness in the First Year of College Maria Calderon Leon, UC Davis Discussant: Alexandra Main, UC Merced |
| 4:00 – 4:15 pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:15 – 5:00 pm | Fireside Chat Amanda Guyer, UC Davis Discussant: Zachary Reese, University of San Francisco |
| 5:00 – 5:15 pm | Closing Remarks |
| 5:15 – 6:30 pm | Poster Session and Reception |
Bay Area Affective Science 