Sixth Annual Conference BOSTON March 21-23, 2019 The Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel Image Credit Werner Kunz PROGRAM Executive Committee 2019 Program Committee Robert Levenson, President Chair: Renee Thompson, Washington University in St. Louis University of California, Berkeley Ann Kring, Past President Karen Bales, University of California, Davis University of California, Berkeley Luke Chang, Dartmouth College Paula Niedenthal, President-elect Tammy English, Washington University in St. Louis University of Wisconsin, Madison Claudia Haase, Northwestern University Leah Somerville, Treasurer Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow Harvard University Yuri Miyamoto, University of Wisconsin, Madison Terry Maroney, Secretary Maital Neta, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Vanderbilt Law School Mike Norton, Harvard University Dan Foti, Member at Large Aric Prather, University of California, San Francisco Stony Brook University Amitai Shenhav, Brown University Barbara Fredrickson, Member at Large Outgoing Chair (2018): Kristen Lindquist, University of North University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Carolina, Chapel Hill Renee Thompson, 2019 Program Chair Washington University in St. Louis Sponsors Katie Hoemann, Student Representative Northeastern University Harvard Business School Social Media/Digital Outreach Committee Harvard University, Department of Psychology Chair: Erika Siegel, University of California, San Francisco Springer Peter Sokol-Hessner, University of Denver Lisa Williams, UNSW Sydney PROGRAM Jennifer Yih, Stanford University Lauren Heathcote, Stanford University Thursday, March 21, 2019 Rachel Aaron, University of Washington 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Student Committee Executive Team Conference Registration Opens Katie Hoemann, Chair, Northeastern University Sarah Bassett, Vice Chair, Northwestern University Pre-Conferences Abhishek Saxena, Secretary, University of Rochester (presented concurrently and at an additional fee) Fundraising Committee Chair: Hedy Kober, Yale University 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Nicole Giuliani, University of Oregon Pre-Conference #1: Culture and Emotion Jennifer Silvers, University of California, Los Angeles Organizers: Yuri Miyamoto, University of Wisconsin, Madison Membership/Outreach Committee Yulia Chentsova-Dutton, Georgetown University Chair: Joe Mikels, DePaul University Sara Levens, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Location: Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel Hideki Ohira, Nagoya University Maya Tamir, The Hebrew University Christian Waugh, Wake Forest University This pre-conference will highlight recent advances in research of formats from short talks to panel discussions to breakout on the interplay between culture and emotion, featuring two groups. All presentations will be invited. Our goal is to have themes: “Culture and Emotion Perception” (focusing on research fun, build connections among those interested in emotion investigating cultural influences on emotion perception) regulation (faculty, post-docs, students), and share ideas about and “Cultural Fit of Emotions” (focusing on implications of new directions in emotion regulation research. emotions that fit [or do not fit] in their cultural contexts). The pre-conference will include two thematic sessions with invited For more information, please visit our pre-conference site at speakers, a data blitz session, a poster session, and a keynote https://www.sasemotionregulation.com/ address by Batja Mesquita. Invited speakers include Rachael Jack, Maria Gendron, Taka Masuda, and Ursula Hess for Culture 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and Emotion Perception session, and Jeanne Tsai, Jose Soto, Pre-Conference #4: From the Ivory Tower to Industry: Yukiko Uchida, and Will Tsai for Cultural Fit of Emotions session. Emotion and Decision Making Across the Life Span Sponsored by Fidelity Investments For more information, please visit our pre-conference website Organizers: at https://cepreconference.wiscweb.wisc.edu Joe Mikels, DePaul University Andy Reed, Fidelity Investments 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Off site at Fidelity Headquarters Pre-Conference #2: Positive Emotions Organizer: This pre-conference will focus on advancing discussions in Lisa Williams, University of New South Wales emerging areas of decision-making research between the academic, public, and private sectors. We will highlight novel Location: Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel approaches currently being taken in the field, and encourage The Sixth Annual SAS Positive Emotions Pre-conference will cross talk between those in the public and private sectors to feature state-of-the-science research on positive emotions. share insights and spark collaborations across the public-private The Positive Emotions Pre-conference is designed to bring divide. The pre-conference will involve several panels covering researchers together from a variety of fields to advance the cutting-edge perspectives on affective science and decision science of positive emotions using a data-centric approach. making, including the role of emotion in health and well-being We encourage thinking, discussing, and integrating across across the life span, risk and financial decision making with disciplines, and feature speakers who range across research lab attention to applied directions, and the promise and pitfalls of traditions to promote diversity in positive-emotion research. public-private partnerships. Invited speakers include Barbara This year’s pre-conference will feature talks showcasing Fredrickson, Richard Lucas, Ellen Peters, Elizabeth Phelps, the latest findings in the field and ample opportunities for Jennifer Lerner, and Eric Johnson. There will be ample time collaborative discussions and for attendees to connect with throughout the day for networking and potential collaboration. one another. The day will culminate with a panel session with Barbara Fredrickson, Judy Moskowitz, and Paula Niedenthal, 4:30 p.m.-4:35 p.m. who will discuss, and perhaps debate, the future of the field. Opening Remarks For more information, please visit our pre-conference website at Robert W. Levenson https://sites.google.com/view/2019sasposemo/home University of California, Berkeley, and SAS President 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 4:35 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Pre-Conference #3: Emotion Regulation Trajectories, Transitions, and Turning Points Organizers: Moderator: Ann Kring, University of California, Berkeley James Gross, Stanford University Speakers: Brett Ford, University of Toronto Phoebe Ellsworth, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Gal Sheppes, Tel Aviv University Valeria Gazzola, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience Robert W. Levenson, University of California, Berkeley Location: Off site at the Boston Convention Center 6:00 p.m.-6:15 p.m. The Emotion Regulation Pre-conference will feature emotion Poster Spotlight Session A regulation research from various disciplines and topics, Moderator: Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow consider emotion regulation from different perspectives, and share exciting new findings and methods. It will feature a range 6:15 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Individual Differences in the Sensitivity to Contextual Cues Poster Session A and Opening Reception During Valence Computation M. Justin Kim, University of Hawaii, Manoa 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. SAS Student Social Changing the Past: Finding Positive Meaning in Past Trainees of all levels are invited to join in the social. Entry to Negative Events Adaptively Updates Memory the social is free, and no prior registration is needed. Light Megan E. Speer, Rutgers University appetizers will be provided. Deconstructing Affect Intensity and Variability: An Experience Sampling Study of Affective Dynamics Friday, March 22, 2019 Sarah H. Sperry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Integrating Multiple Timescales and Process Models: An Registration Open Illustrative Application of a Multilevel Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Model to Affect Dynamics 8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Julie K. Wood, Pennsylvania State University Attendee Submitted Thematic Flash Talks: Culture Moderator: Yuri Miyamoto, University of Wisconsin, Madison Nonverbal Synchrony as an Adaptation to Social Environments Perceiving Acculturation From Neutral and Emotional Faces Fangyun Zhao, University of Wisconsin, Madison R. Thora Bjornsdottir, University of Glasgow 8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m. The Primacy of Emotion Categories: Uncovering 12+ Cross- Attendee Submitted Thematic Flash Talks: Cultural Dimensions of Emotion Evoked by Music and Health and Well-Being Expressed in the Voice Moderator: Aric Prather, University of California, San Francisco Alan S. Cowen, University of California, Berkeley Age Differences in Reappraisal and Suppression Depend on Talking With the Hadza: The Everyday Emotional Lives of Relational and Emotional Contextual Features of Daily Life Hunter-Gatherers in Tanzania Social Interactions Katie Hoemann, Northeastern University Lizbeth Benson, Pennsylvania State University Pleasure as a Source or Motivator: Cultural Differences in Always in Flux: Attentional Focus Influences Emotion Presence of Pleasure and Search for Meaning in Life Regulation Flexibility Emily K. Hong, Queen’s University Lameese Eldesouky, Stanford University Variability and Universality in Human Emotion Across 1,156 Affect Variability and Predictability: Using Recurrence Languages Quantification Analysis to Better Understand How the Joshua C. Jackson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Dynamics of Affect Relate to Health Show Me Your Friends, I’ll Tell You Your Emotions: Emotional Brooke N. Jenkins, Chapman University Acculturation of Immigrant