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1st INTERATIONAL WORKSHOP ON

Facial and Emotional Effects on Language (FEEL)

Vitoria-Gasteiz, February 12, 2026

Deadline for Abstracts: January 16, 2026

PROGRAM

(Talks at Assembly hall & Posters at room 0.12, ground floor)

Click here to download the Book of Abstracts

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.
10:50-11:20 Coffee break
11:20-12:10 Keynote 2: Dr. Anna Hatzidaki: Bridging emotions through languages
12:10-13:00 Keynote 3: Dr. Eduardo Navarrete: Positive, therefore true: The role of processing fluency in credibility
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:30 Poster session
15:30-16:20 Keynote 4: Prof. José Antonio Hinojosa: Emotional language under the spotlight: From databases to large scale studies
16:20-17:00 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:

Sponsors:

 

 

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1st INTERATIONAL WORKSHOP ON

Facial and Emotional Effects on Language (FEEL)

Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2026ko Otsailaren 12a

Laburpenak bidaltzeko azken eguna: 2026ko urtarrilaren 16a

EGITARAUA

(Hitzaldiak Areto Nagusian eta Posterrak beheko solairuko 0.12 aretoan)

Klikatu hemen laburpenen liburua deskargatzeko

9:50-10:00 Irekiera-hitzak
10:00-10:50 1. hizlari nagusia: Lucía Vieitez Portas Dk.: Language beyond grammar: Emotionality effects on gender agreement processing.
10:50-11:20 Kafe-etenaldia
11:20-12:10 2. hizlari nagusia: Anna Hatzidaki Dk: Bridging emotions through languages
12:10-13:00 3. hizlari nagusia: Eduardo Navarrete Dk.: Positive, therefore true: The role of processing fluency in credibility
13:00-14:30 Bazkari-etenaldia
14:30-15:30 Poster-saioa 
15:30-16:20 4. hizlari nagusia: José Antonio Hinojosa Irak.: Emotional language under the spotlight: From databases to large scale studies
16:20-17:00 FEEL ahozko aurkezpen laburrak: FEEL proiektuari lotutako aurreikusitako eta martxan dauden ikerketen aurkezpen laburrak
17:00-17:10 Amaierako hitzak

Data: 2026ko otsailaren 12a

Non: Micaela Portilla Ikegunea (Letren Fakultatea, UPV/EHU) Justo Vélez de Elorriaga, 1, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)

Ongi etorri proiektuaren hasierako jardunaldira

Egun bakarreko hasierako jardunaldi honek FEEL ikerketa-proiektuaren hasiera markatzen du. Proiektua Espainiako Gobernuak finantzatzen du (PID2024-156359NB-I00), eta emozioen eta hizkuntzaren ikaskuntza eta prozesamenduaren arteko harremanaren ingurukoa da. Jardunaldian gonbidatutako ikertzaileek eta kolaboratzaileek hizkuntzarekin eta emozioekin lotutako azken emaitzak aurkeztuko dituzte. Halaber, gure egungo eta etorkizuneko lanaren hasierako fasea aurkeztu, eztabaidatu eta planifikatuko dugu. Jardunaldia gai hauetan interesa duen edozein ikertzaileri irekita egongo da, eta poster-saio bat izango da beren lana aurkeztu nahi dutenentzat.

Proiektuari buruz

Proiektuaren helburua da informazio emozionalak —hitzen bidez zein aurpegi-adierazpenen bidez— pertsonen ama-hizkuntzaren eta bigarren hizkuntzaren prozesamenduan eta ikaskuntzan nola eragiten duen ikertzea, arreta berezia jarriz euskara-gaztelania elebidunengan. Gainera, Euskararako Emozio-hitzen Datu-base bat sortuko da; tresna hori funtsezkoa izango da proiektu honen eta etorkizuneko beste ikerketa batzuen helburu nagusiak lortzeko, emozioaren eta hizkuntzaren arteko elkarreragina aztertzeko euskaraz, alegia.

Pozik iragartzen dugu Aurpegi-eta Emozio-Efektuak Hizkuntzan jardunaldia. Vitoria-Gasteizen (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, UPV/EHU) izango da, 2026ko otsailaren 12an.

Jardunaldiak hizkuntzaren eta emozioaren arteko elkarreragina ikuspegi desberdinetatik aztertzen duten zientzialariak bilduko ditu, eta azken aurkikuntza zientifikoak eztabaidatzeko, ezagutzak trukatzeko eta ideia berriak sustatzeko aukera eskainiko du.

Hizlari gonbidatuak:

Hitzaldi gonbidatuei buruzko xehetasunak hemen ikus daitezke.

Poster-saiorako laburpenen deialdia

Jardunaldiak poster-saio bat izango du. Jaso nahiko genituzke ama-hizkuntzaren zein bigarren hizkuntzaren ikaskuntzan eta prozesamenduan emozioek duten eragina aztertzen duten ekarpenak, ulermeneko zein ekoizpeneko modalitateetan, gizakien zein gizakiak ez direnentan.

Posterretarako laburpenak 2026ko urtarrilaren 16ra arte bidali ahal izango dira honako estekaren bidez:

EGIN KLIK HEMEN ZURE LABURPENA BIDALTZEKO

Laburpenak ingelesez idatzi behar dira eta honako baldintzak bete behar dituzte:

  • Izenburua eta testua (gehienez 250 hitz) A4 orrialde bakarrean sartu behar dira. Erreferentziak, taulak, irudiak eta adibideak bigarren orrialde batean ager daitezke. Formatua: Arial 11 puntuko letra, lerroarte bakarra, eta 2,54 cm-ko marjinak alde guztietan.

Data garrantzitsuak

  • Laburpenak bidaltzeko azken eguna: 2026ko urtarrilaren 16a
  • Onarpenaren jakinarazpena: 2026ko urtarrilaren 22a
  • Izena ematea: DOAKOA (plaza guztiak bete arte; antolaketa errazteko, bertaratzeko asmoa baduzu, mesedez eman izena)

EGIN KLIK HEMEN IZENA EMATEKO

 

Ez galdu Vitoria-Gasteiz gurekin elkartzeko aukera!

Jardunaldiari buruzko edozein zalantza argitzeko, idatzi helbide honetara: mikel.santesteban@ehu.eus

 

Antolakuntza-batzordea:

Jardunaldia Gogo Elebiduna/The Bilingual Mind ikerketa-taldeko kide hauek antolatzen dute:

Batzorde zientifikoa:

Babesleak:

 

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1st INTERATIONAL WORKSHOP ON

Facial and Emotional Effects on Language (FEEL)

Vitoria-Gasteiz, February 12, 2026

Deadline for Abstracts: Extended until January 21, 2026

PROGRAM

(Talks at Assembly hall & Posters at room 0.12, ground floor)

Click here to download the Book of Abstracts

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.
10:50-11:20 Coffee break
11:20-12:10 Keynote 2: Dr. Anna Hatzidaki: Bridging emotions through languages
12:10-13:00 Keynote 3: Dr. Eduardo Navarrete: Positive, therefore true: The role of processing fluency in credibility
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:30 Poster session
15:30-16:20 Keynote 4: Prof. José Antonio Hinojosa: Emotional language under the spotlight: From databases to large scale studies
16:20-17:00 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 extended until January 21st 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: extended until January 21st, 2026
  • Notification on acceptance: January 23rd, 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:

Sponsors:

 

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