Presenters & Schedule

Thursday, February 7th

La Cienega Room, Albuquerque Convention Center

8:00 – 8:30 am:

Poster Set-Up (Mesilla Room)

8:30 – 9:00 am:

Coffee and Light Breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 am:

Opening Remarks

9:15 – 10:30 am:

Symposium: Genetic Contributions to Affect

Chair:

Turhan Canli, Stony Brook University

Speakers:

Turhan Canli, Stony Brook University

A Neural Model of Gene-Environment Interaction in Affective Processing

Jutta Joormann, University of Miami

Genetic Contributions to Emotional Disorders: Stress Reactivity and Emotion Regulation in Children at High Risk for Depression

Julia Kim-Cohen, Yale University

Nature and Nurture in the Cycle of Violence

Stephen Manuck, University of Pittsburgh

Genetic Variation in Monoamine Oxidase A and Aggressive Disposition: What Does the Gene Contribute?

10:30 – 10:45 am:

Coffee Break

10:45 am – 12:00 pm:

Symposium: Sequential Emotion

Chair:

Jennifer Lerner, Harvard University

Speakers:

Jennifer Lerner, Harvard University

Now That I'm Sad, It's Hard to be Mad: Examining Emotion-State Transitions

Jeff Larsen, Texas Tech University

The Case for Mixed Emotions

Phoebe Ellsworth, University of Michigan

Categorical Theories, Componential Theories, and Unusual Emotions

Lisa Feldman Barrett, Boston College

Discussion of Mixed Emotions and Future Directions

12:00 – 1:30 pm:

Lunch and Poster Session (Mesilla Room)

1:30 – 2:45 pm:

Symposium: Context Insensivity in Emotion Responding and its Role in Psychopathology

Chair:

George Bonanno, Teachers College, Columbia University

Speakers:

Jonathan Rottenberg, University of South Florida:

Does Diminished Emotional Reactivity Predict a More Pernicious Course of Depression?

George Bonanno, Teachers College, Columbia University:

Context Insensitivity, Depression, and Recovery from Bereavement

Dacher Keltner, University of California, Berkeley:

Emotion in Asperger's Syndrome and Mania: Lessons from the Boundaries of Adaptation

Ann Kring, University of California, Berkeley:

Timing is Everything: Unpacking the Nature of Emotion Deficits in Psychopathology

2:45 – 3:15 pm:

Coffee Break Sponsored by Sage Publications

Please be sure to visit the Sage table to learn more about their new journal, Emotion Review!

Registration for Main Conference

3:15 – 4:30 pm:

Panel Discussion: Future Directions in Affective Science

Chair:

James Gross, Stanford University

Speakers:

Lisa Feldman Barrett, Boston College

Gerald Clore, University of Virginia

James Gross, Stanford University

Piotr Winkielman, University of California, San Diego