March 26
20:00 - Registration
21:00 - Opening Session
21:30 - Opening Conference
Moderator – Fernando Lopes da Silva
How emotions work
Nico Frijda
23:00 - Close of day
March 27
1st session
Neurobiology of Emotions
Moderator – Fernando Lopes da Silva
09:00 - Opening remarks
Fernando Lopes da Silva
09:15 - Neurobiological mechanisms of fear
Marta Moita
09:50 - Emotion and decision making
Ray Dolan
10:25 - Understanding others: empathy and cognitive perspective taking from the lens of social neuroscience
Tania Singer
11:00 - Coffee break
11:30 - General Lecture
The human amygdala in emotion and social behavior
Ralph Adolphs
12:30 - Discussion
13:00 - Lunch
14:30 - Oral presentations - Bial Foundation's Fellows
Moderator – Rui Mota Cardoso
16:45 - Coffee, posters session and contacts with faculty
18:00 - Close of day
March 28
2nd session
Emotions and Psi
Moderator – Dick Bierman
09:00 - Opening remarks
Dick Bierman
09:15 - Feeling the future: experimental evidence for retroactive influences on emotional preferences and judgments
Daryl Bem
09:50 - An overview on the conceptual and empirical relationships between mindfulness, emotion regulation, meditation and Psi
Stefan Schmidt
10:25 - The emotional nature of global consciousness
Roger Nelson
11:00 - Coffee break
11:30 - General Lecture
Psychophysiological studies of Psi and emotion
Dean Radin
12:30 - Discussion
13:00 - Lunch
14:30 - Oral presentations - Bial Foundation's Fellows
Moderator – Caroline Watt
16:45 - Coffee, posters session and contacts with faculty
18:00 - End of session
21:30 - Evening encounter
Questions about and around emotions
Moderator - Mário Simões
23:00 - Close of day
March 29
3rd session
Emotions and Social Behaviors
Moderator – Alexandre Castro-Caldas
09:00 - Opening remarks
Alexandre Castro-Caldas
09:15 - Mirror neurons and empathy
Christian Keysers
09:50 - Emotion and consciousness: from the intrapsychic through the social to the transpersonal
Etzel Cardeña
10:25 - Emotional and cognitive control in the major psychoses
Sophia Frangou
11:00 - Coffee break
11:30 - General Lecture
Micro expressions: uncovering concealed emotions
Paul Ekman
12:30 - Discussion
13:00 - Lunch
14:30 - Comprehensive round table
Moderator – Fernando Lopes da Silva
Participants: Ralph Adolphs, Dean Radin, Paul Ekman
16:30 - Closing Session
Homage to Prof. Nuno Grande
17:15 - Farewell Coffee
FEE
€150
€50 - for university students under the age of 25 - please enclose copy of your student card or university certificate
These amounts do not include meals
GENERAL INFORMATION
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