AFFECT-EVO
@affect-evo.bsky.social
COST Action CA23106 - An evolutionary understanding of affective states across species. Project duration Nov 2024 to 2028.
https://affect-evo.eu
https://affect-evo.eu
📢 Grant opportunities!
Our 2nd Grant Period is open. We offer funding opportunities for research visits, virtual collaborations, and conference grants.
🗓️ Deadline: 9 Jan 2026
Apply via e-COST: e-services.cost.eu
Our 2nd Grant Period is open. We offer funding opportunities for research visits, virtual collaborations, and conference grants.
🗓️ Deadline: 9 Jan 2026
Apply via e-COST: e-services.cost.eu
December 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
📢 Grant opportunities!
Our 2nd Grant Period is open. We offer funding opportunities for research visits, virtual collaborations, and conference grants.
🗓️ Deadline: 9 Jan 2026
Apply via e-COST: e-services.cost.eu
Our 2nd Grant Period is open. We offer funding opportunities for research visits, virtual collaborations, and conference grants.
🗓️ Deadline: 9 Jan 2026
Apply via e-COST: e-services.cost.eu
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Explore behavioural and cognitive indicators of positive emotion from vertebrates to invertebrates.
Participation is free, but registration is required. All early-career researchers and interested persons are invited.
@affect-evo.bsky.social
Participation is free, but registration is required. All early-career researchers and interested persons are invited.
@affect-evo.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Explore behavioural and cognitive indicators of positive emotion from vertebrates to invertebrates.
Participation is free, but registration is required. All early-career researchers and interested persons are invited.
@affect-evo.bsky.social
Participation is free, but registration is required. All early-career researchers and interested persons are invited.
@affect-evo.bsky.social
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On Tuesday, we hosted Dr Tom Smulders from @affect-evo.bsky.social for a discussion of the COST Action's progress and future plans for developing a framework to better understand affective states across species. Read more on our website (diverseintelligences.st-andrews.ac.uk/news)
Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences
diverseintelligences.st-andrews.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
On Tuesday, we hosted Dr Tom Smulders from @affect-evo.bsky.social for a discussion of the COST Action's progress and future plans for developing a framework to better understand affective states across species. Read more on our website (diverseintelligences.st-andrews.ac.uk/news)
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Just returned from a @affect-evo.bsky.social in Latvia, where we discussed how to map out affective states across phylogeny. No easy feat! Very proud to co-lead the 'joy' subgroup & will try my best to represent captive wildlife. A super challenging yet exciting COST Action to be a part of!
July 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Just returned from a @affect-evo.bsky.social in Latvia, where we discussed how to map out affective states across phylogeny. No easy feat! Very proud to co-lead the 'joy' subgroup & will try my best to represent captive wildlife. A super challenging yet exciting COST Action to be a part of!
Members of #AffectEvo Working Group 1 met in Riga last week for some very productive discussions on affective states across species.
July 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Members of #AffectEvo Working Group 1 met in Riga last week for some very productive discussions on affective states across species.
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Lots of good preparatory work done in Lisbon, looking forward to what is to come! #AffectEvo
April 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Lots of good preparatory work done in Lisbon, looking forward to what is to come! #AffectEvo
April 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined the first #AffectEvo meetup for three inspiring days of talks and discussions.
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
April 4, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Thank you to everyone who joined the first #AffectEvo meetup for three inspiring days of talks and discussions.
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
Final day of #AffectEvo-Lisbon25 begins with a recap of breakout room discussions. What are the benefits of taking a phylogenetic mapping approach to study affect?
#AffectEvo
#AffectEvo
April 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Final day of #AffectEvo-Lisbon25 begins with a recap of breakout room discussions. What are the benefits of taking a phylogenetic mapping approach to study affect?
#AffectEvo
#AffectEvo
We wrap up the second day of #AffectEvo-Lisbon25 meetup with some more great discussions.
#AffectEvo
#AffectEvo
April 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We wrap up the second day of #AffectEvo-Lisbon25 meetup with some more great discussions.
#AffectEvo
#AffectEvo
We are back for our afternoon session at #AffectEvo-Lisbon25 ready to go back to discussions on dimensional approaches to affect and discreet emotions such as fear or disgust.
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
April 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We are back for our afternoon session at #AffectEvo-Lisbon25 ready to go back to discussions on dimensional approaches to affect and discreet emotions such as fear or disgust.
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
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Day 2/3 of the first #AffectEvo MeetUp! Great discussions and plenaries.
Excited for the outputs that will come out from this meetup.
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
Excited for the outputs that will come out from this meetup.
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
April 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Day 2/3 of the first #AffectEvo MeetUp! Great discussions and plenaries.
Excited for the outputs that will come out from this meetup.
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
Excited for the outputs that will come out from this meetup.
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
April 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Day 2 of our first meeting in Lisbon. This morning we divided into 3 groups to discuss the definitions of Valence and Fear as an exercise to help us think on the optimal ways to map affective states of animals. #AffectEvo #AffectEvo_Lisbon25
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Day 2 of our first meeting in Lisbon. This morning we divided into 3 groups to discuss the definitions of Valence and Fear as an exercise to help us think on the optimal ways to map affective states of animals. #AffectEvo #AffectEvo_Lisbon25
And the last keynote of the day was a tour de force by David Anderson (Caltech, USA) on neural dynamics and the encoding of emotion primitives.
April 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
And the last keynote of the day was a tour de force by David Anderson (Caltech, USA) on neural dynamics and the encoding of emotion primitives.
Edmund Rolls (Warwick, UK), in his keynote, gave a comprehensive overview of emotion, motivation, reasoning, and how they are related in terms of brain structure-function.
April 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Edmund Rolls (Warwick, UK), in his keynote, gave a comprehensive overview of emotion, motivation, reasoning, and how they are related in terms of brain structure-function.
Next up, we had Mike Mendl (Bristol, UK) giving us a brief tour of some emotion concepts and theories and their translatable characteristics.
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#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
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#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
April 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Next up, we had Mike Mendl (Bristol, UK) giving us a brief tour of some emotion concepts and theories and their translatable characteristics.
#AffectEvo
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
#AffectEvo
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25
We are in the beautiful @gimmfoundation.bsky.social Oeiras campus for our first in-person meeting of #AffectEvo.
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25 is the hashtag we are using.
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25 is the hashtag we are using.
April 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We are in the beautiful @gimmfoundation.bsky.social Oeiras campus for our first in-person meeting of #AffectEvo.
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25 is the hashtag we are using.
#AffectEvo-Lisbon25 is the hashtag we are using.
We continue with Liz Paul (Bristol, UK) presenting on how to define affective terms for use in animals.
#AffectEvo #AffectEvo-Lisbon25
#AffectEvo #AffectEvo-Lisbon25
April 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We continue with Liz Paul (Bristol, UK) presenting on how to define affective terms for use in animals.
#AffectEvo #AffectEvo-Lisbon25
#AffectEvo #AffectEvo-Lisbon25
Carrie Figdor (Iowa, USA) delivers the first keynote: “From Affect and Emotion Theories to a Phylogeny of Affect and Emotion”
April 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Carrie Figdor (Iowa, USA) delivers the first keynote: “From Affect and Emotion Theories to a Phylogeny of Affect and Emotion”
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Very excited to be in person for the first meeting of @affect-evo.bsky.social ! The program is sick and will be the place for fascinating discussion to refine our vision of animal affective state and its evolution across species.
April 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Very excited to be in person for the first meeting of @affect-evo.bsky.social ! The program is sick and will be the place for fascinating discussion to refine our vision of animal affective state and its evolution across species.
Do give us a follow here and on LinkedIn to hear all about our latest updates!
April 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Do give us a follow here and on LinkedIn to hear all about our latest updates!
Rui Oliveira, WG1 lead and the local organizer for the meeting, discusses the WG1 aims, meeting overlook and goals.
April 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Rui Oliveira, WG1 lead and the local organizer for the meeting, discusses the WG1 aims, meeting overlook and goals.
Our chair Tom @smulderslab.bsky.social
opening the meeting with his welcome address.
opening the meeting with his welcome address.
April 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Our chair Tom @smulderslab.bsky.social
opening the meeting with his welcome address.
opening the meeting with his welcome address.
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The first in person @affect-evo.bsky.social meeting is about to start with a mammoth program! Looking forward to 3 days of discussion on phylogeny, affect & welfare!
April 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The first in person @affect-evo.bsky.social meeting is about to start with a mammoth program! Looking forward to 3 days of discussion on phylogeny, affect & welfare!