Agenda

October 2022
Talk Colin Leach (Lecture series)
“Psychological hedonism in emotion thinking, in shame, schadenfreude, anger, ...”
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Talk Cat Hobaiter (Lecture series)
Exploring emotion in the expression of ape gesture Language appears to be the most complex system of animal communication described to date....
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Brain & Cognition seminar – Talk Annelies Raes (Lecture series)
Measuring and improving student engagement during Hybrid Learning Environments The global pandemic forced many of us to rethink education to fight ...
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Talk Claus Lamm (Lecture series)
Why do we care? Linking the social neuroscience of empathy and prosocial behaviors to pro-environmental behavior...
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March 2023
Talk Pilleriin Sikka (Lecture series)
Dream Emotions: A Window Into Waking Mental Health and Well-Being Have you ever woken up from a dream that left you feeling elated or terrified?...
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Brain & Cognition seminar – Talk Julia Langkau (Lecture series)
Can reading fiction teach us empathic skills? Psychological research suggests that reading fiction can have a positive effect on our ability to...
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Talk Roy Baumeister (Lecture series)
Emotion, Behavior, and the Illusion of Learning The assumption that emotion is the direct cause of behavior is widespread but the evidence for it...
Find out more »Talk Deborah Talmi (Lecture series)
When we want to remember: A mechanistic model of emotional and motivated memory recall Human brains evolved to utilise goal-relevant information...
Find out more »Talk Léonie Koban (Brain & Cognition seminar)
Social influences on emotion and health-related decision-making: From behavior to predictive brain models Leonie Koban, PhD SOCIALHEALTH team,...
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Talk Assaf Kron (Brain & Cognition seminar)
Studies on the role of relevance appraisal in affect elicitation Prof. Assaf Kron (University of Haifa) A fundamental question in affective...
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Talk Bridget Waller (Brain & Cognition Seminar)
Individual differences in facial expressivity: Social function, facial anatomy and evolutionary origins Bridget Waller, Nottingham Trent...
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