1st INTERATIONAL WORKSHOP ON

Facial and Emotional Effects on Language (FEEL)

Vitoria-Gasteiz, February 12, 2026

Deadline for Abstracts: January 16, 2026

PROGRAM

(Main Room & 1st floor posters)

9:50-10:00 Opening remarks
10:00-10:50 Keynote 1: Dr. Lucía Vieitez Portas: Language beyond grammar: Emotionality effects on gender agreement processing.
10:50-11:40 Keynote 2: Dr. Anna Hatzidaki: Bridging emotions through languages
11:40-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-12:50 Keynote 3: Dr. Eduardo Navarrete: Positive, therefore true: The role of processing fluency in credibility
12:50-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:20 Keynote 4: Prof. José Antonio Hinojosa: Emotional language under the spotlight: From databases to large scale studies
15:20-16:00 Poster session
16:00-17:00 Short Oral FEEL talks: Brief presentations of the planned and ongoing studies related to the FEEL project.
17:00-17:10 Closing remarks

Date: February 12, 2026

Location: Micaela Portilla Research Center (Letters Faculty, UPV/EHU) Justo Vélez de Elorriaga, 1, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)

Welcome to the project kick-off Workshop

This one-day project kick-off workshop marks the start of the FEEL research project funded by the Spanish Government (PID2024-156359NB-I00) and focused on the relationship between emotions and language learning and processing. The workshop will bring together invited researchers and collaborators that will present their most recent findings on topics related to language and emotion. We will also present discuss and plan the initial phase of our current and future work. The workshop will be open to any researcher interested in these topics and will have a poster session for those that want to present their own work.

About the Project

The project will investigate how emotional information—from both words and facial expressions—affects the way people process and learn their native and non-native languages, with a focus on Basque-Spanish bilinguals. The project will also create an Emotional Word Database for Basque, a research tool necessary to achieve the main aims of the current project and future projects that aim to investigate the interplay between emotion and language in Basque.

We are pleased to announce that the first Workshop on Facial and Emotional Effects on Language will be held in Vitoria-Gasteiz (University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU) on February 12, 2026.

The workshop will bring together scientists studying the interplay between language and emotion from different perspectives, and it represents an opportunity to discuss recent scientific findings, exchange knowledge, and stimulate new ideas.

Invited speakers:

See here for details about the invited talks

Call for abstracts for poster session

The workshop will include a poster session. We welcome any contribution that investigates how emotions interact with native and non-native language learning and processing, in either comprehension or production modalities, by either humans and non-humans.

Abstracts for posters can be submitted until January 16th 2026 using the following link:

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

Abstracts should be written in English and must meet the following requirements:

The title and text of the abstract (max. 250 words) must fit in a single A4 page. References, tables, figures, and examples may appear on a second page. Abstracts should be formatted using 11pt Arial font, single-spaced, and 2.54 cm (1 inch) margins on all sides.

Important dates:

  • Abstract submission deadline: January 16th, 2026
  • Notification on acceptance: January 22nd, 2026
  • Registration: FREE (until full capacity is achieved – If you plan to assist, please register here to facilitate organizational issues). 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

 

Don’t miss the opportunity to meet us in Vitoria-Gasteiz!

For any questions related to the Workshop, please write to: mikel.santesteban@ehu.eus

 

Organizing committee:

The workshop is organized by the following members of the Gogo Elebiduna/The Bilingual Mind research group

Scientific committee:

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