Society for Affective Science

Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 Society for Affective Science Student Committee (SASSC)! The deadline has been extended to June 22, 2026, at 11:59 pm (your local time). We'd love to see you get involved! Apply here: forms.gle/95K1aiaDDkjG32…

In case you missed it - here's a little recap of what we did at the end of the SAS 2026 conference! #SAS2026

Words matter 💬 This plenary brought together perspectives on how language shapes emotion regulation, development, & experience—from psychotherapy to childhood to insights from classical India. A powerful reminder of the deep links between words, feelings, and wellbeing. #SAS2026

More awards to recognize!! We want to recognize our best poster and flash talk winners, our winners for best paper of the year, and last but not least all our diversity award winners. Such great work going on at SAS! #sas2026

Another round of applause for our 2026 winners for best dissertation award, early career award, and mid career award! Congratulations Nada, Kieran, Desmond, Hedy, and Sheri! #SAS2026

Congratulations to the winners of the @InclivioEMA draw - Lisa Starr, Greg Depow, and Christian Waugh - on each receiving a free license to run an EMA study! 🎉📱

What's YOUR favorite part about going to a conference?? Take a look at what this year's attendees had to say! #SAS2026

We’re heading to San Diego for #SAS2027! 🌴☀️ And our new president, Chris Oveis, is already promising us a waterslide at the conference location!

What a great way to end an inspiring conference: the final program point of #SAS2026 - a presidential symposium on Rethinking Emotions: Lessons from Animals, Machines, and Plants, featuring fantastic panelists Kristen Lindquist, Karen Bales, Jonathan Gratch, and Karl Niklas.

Another big thank you to Springer Nature for sponsoring SAS2026! #sas2026

Had a lot of fun at yesterday's keynote symposium re: the ties that bond with Tristen and Jeffrey! Who could have expected to see Keanu Reeves and a pair of socks make an appearance :P Check out both of their work to learn more about how to increase social connection! #SAS2026

Super inspiring work from Yulia, Mark, and Jose in yesterday's diversity symposium discussing how to rethink our approaches to studying cultural context! #SAS2026

Excited for a fantastic lineup of talks focused on emotion differentiation/granularity happening TOMORROW at #SAS2026 @affectScience!

If you’re at #SAS2026, come check out the flash talk series on social processes today at 530pm and hear about a piece of my dissertation!! @affectScience

Join our session at @affectScience to learn about MedelOpt+. This new Brain-Body Platform synchronizes high-density fNIRS, EEG & physiological data in a single unified environment. See BIOPAC at #SAS2026 or request a demo! biopac.com/events/sas-202… #AffectiveScience #Neuroscience

When you're at a gathering of affective scientists...you just HAVE to ask their favorite emotion! We asked, and the answers at poster session 1 didn't disappoint--tons of variety (even multiple languages!). What's YOUR favorite emotion? #SAS2026

Starting off strong with a great welcome from our conference program co-chairs, Katie and Desmond, an informative update from our president, Rachael Jack, and rounding out with an amazing set of talks from Julie, Nick, & Stephen about their work with AI to support mental health!

Bonus pic from the Developmental Affective Science preconference! Add your precon pics to the thread!

✨️It's heeeeeeeeeeere✨️ in t-minus 25 minutes, we're going to kick off SAS2026 at the welcome and opening remarks. Can't wait to see everyone there--and catch our social media assistant at the posters to share YOUR favorite emotion 😁 #SAS2026