[CogSci] Valence Asymmetries Conference (Barcelona, 19/03-20/03) Registration closing soon

[Morgan Moyer]

Dear Colleagues,

The first VALENCE ASYMMETRIES conference is nearly here! The conference
will take place on *March 19th-20th 2026* with a pre-conference workshop on
the 18th of March. The conference will take place in Sala Nau at the
Poblenou Campus of UPF in Barcelona.

*Registration closes on 20 February.* Registration is free, but necessary.
If you plan on attending, please register via this link (by clicking on the
enrol button): http://eventum.upf.edu/go/valenceasymmetries.

This interdisciplinary event will discuss themes surrounding the role of
valence asymmetries - the systematic ways in which "the bad" and "the good"
differ -  in language and cognition. These include the role of affect in
perception, language processing, social cognition, communication, judgement
and morality. The program brings together philosophical analysis and
argumentation with experimental and corpus-based work in linguistics and
psychology, including cross-linguistic work, formal semantics, experimental
pragmatics, and computational approaches to affect and emotion in language.

This event brings together researchers at all career levels, with
participants joining from around the world. We hope you can join us and
contribute your perspective to the discussion.

Our keynote speakers are:
Hans Alves (Ruhr Universität Bochum),
Frédérique de Vignemont (Institut Jean Nicod),
Saif M. Mohammad (National Research Council Canada),
Pascale Willemsen (Universität Zürich)

In addition to our invited speakers, we will also have talks by Filippo
Domaneschi & Federico Bina, Ida Miczke, Alexey Tymbay, Leila Glass and
Valentina Apresyan. Our pre-conference workshop includes talks from Said M.
Mohammad, Eirini Sossidi, Anouch Bourmayan, as well as talks from the
Valence Asymmetries Team (Morgan Moyer, Michelle Stankovic and Isidora
Stojanovic).

Full program and abstract booklet: https://tinyurl.com/VALENCE-ABSTRACTS

We hope to see you all there!

This event is funded by Isidora Stojanovic’s ERC Advanced Grant “Valence
Asymmetries: the positive, the negative, the good and the bad in language,
mind and morality” (GA n° 101142133).

Event page: http://eventum.upf.edu/go/valenceasymmetries
Project website: https://www.upf.edu/web/valence-asymmetries
For any questions, please contact: valence.asymmetries at upf.edu

*VALENCE ASYMMETRIES CONFERENCE*
Conference Dates: 19/03/2026 TO 20/03/2026
Pre-Conference Workshop: 18/03/2026
Location: Sala Nau,  Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Carrer de Roc Boronat, Barcelona, Spain

Best,

--
Morgan Moyer
Postdoc
Valence Asymmetries Project
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