Sunday, February 08, 2009

CONFERENCE ON EMOTIONS, STRESS AND AGING

Dear Div. 20 Colleagues:

Below is an annoucement for a conference on Emotions, Stress, and Aging that's taking place at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in June 2009.

Please access the provided website for further information.

Sincerely, Manfred Diehl

________________________________________ > From: Gisela Labouvie Vief [Gisela.Vief@unige.ch] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:26 AM > To: Manfred Diehl > Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: CONFERENCE ON EMOTIONS, STRESS AND AGING > > On behalf of the Organizing Committee and Sponsors, we are pleased to announce a conference on EMOTIONS, STRESS AND AGING to be held at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, from Thursday, June 25 to Friday, June 26, 2009. > > This event will gather 10 leading researchers from Europe, USA, and Canada working within the field of emotions and aging from the perspectives of psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, and sociology. > The conference will survey and discuss contributions spanning the range from positive adaptations to regulatory difficulties in the hope of deepening exploration of important mechanisms involved in the aging of emotions. > > Participation of students and researchers working in the field is invited and free of charge, but registration is mandatory. The conference also features poster presentations. > > Registration information and guidelines for abstract submission, including deadlines, are available through the conference website: http://www.unige.ch/aging-emotion. > > > Gisela Labouvie-Vief , Professor of Social-Emotional Development > Martial Van der Linden, Professor of Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology > > University of Geneva * Department of Psychology > 40 ave du Pont d'Arve * 1205 Geneva, Switzerland > -- > ATTENTION: E MAIL HAS CHANGED > > gisela.vief@unige.ch > > ****************************************** Gisela Labouvie Vief Professor of Social-Emotional Development University of Geneva * Department of Psychology 40 av du Pont d'Arve * 1205 Geneva, Switzerland

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