How do emotions work? How are emotions made? Why sometimes do emotions feel automatic and uncontrollable? This seminar will try to answer all these questions and many more by providing a road map of emotions. Emotions are one of the basic phenomena of human functioning. Most of the time emotions have an adaptative value, enhancing our resources for the achievement of our goals. The regulation of these emotions is essential for our health and well-being, however, emotion regulation is not always easy. One of the main solutions to deal with our emotions is to understand how emotions work...
Every 40 seconds someone has a stroke. 795,000 people will have a stroke this year. 1 in 6 people will suffer a stroke in their lifetime. Each year 55,000 more women will have a stroke than men. However, 80% of strokes are preventable by controlling and treating the risk factors.
Europe proclaimed a “strategic partnership” with Latin America over two decades ago, but often the lack of action on this partnership has made it little more than a slogan.
With the recent exception of the recent EU-Mercosur agreement, which took years, Latin America has rarely been a priority for Europe, and Latin America’s admiration for Europe has often led to disappointment that has led Latin American governments to resist the influence and tutelage of Europe. Moreover, while at times both of them have seemed inclined to come closer, they have often been drawing away....
We will screen and discuss “Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing” a documentary unveiling the life and legacy of Ada Lovelace, considered a prophet of computer age.
“Ada Lovelace was a most unlikely computer pioneer. In this film, Dr Hannah Fry tells the...
With Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other digital technologies changing the way societies work and live, digital transformation and innovation are key dimensions of the future European economic prosperity in the current geopolitical context.
The European Union (EU) has set a global benchmark with the General Data...
February 11th is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a date the United Nations implemented as such to try to combat the gender gap present in the scientific disciplines. However, women have contributed to science since the beginning of times, although only a few of them are remembered in history, and none of them are as acknowledged as their male counterparts.
When we talk about emotion regulation, we usually think about how to deal with negative emotions such as stress or depression. But what happens once we decrease the levels of those emotions? Does happiness come automatically once we deal with the negative side?
Although positive emotions have been understudied historically, there has been an explosion in research during the last decades, which has produced an advance in the knowledge about happiness and wellbeing.
After finishing your Ph.D., publishing your dissertation seems to be the best idea, especially for those in social sciences and humanities. But, how to convert your dissertation into a book? How to make it more appealing? That can be an exhausting trip.
During this talk, the author of “La vivienda en la vejez. Problemas y estrategias para envejecer en sociedad” published by Centro superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) will talk about the reviewing process and some aspects to ease your work, among other interesting points to have in mind.
Visual strategies of legitimization became increasingly important for Iberian monarchies during the late medieval and early modern periods. Their dynastic,...
Cannon Room, Building C, 240 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115
Join HMPA and RCC in an interactive seminar, where the immigration attorney Sarah C. Edgecomb will guide us through the US immigration regulations. In the first part of the event, Sarah will talk about the most common visas for researchers, including J-1, H-1B, O-1, EB-1 and...
