56th Annual Symposium on Motivation                         April 14 — 15, 2008


Emotion and the Law:
Psychological Perspectives

            

Location: UNL City Campus Student Union
Auditorium (C/D 7.5 on this map)


Schedule TBA.

Monday, April 14th

8:00 - 9:00      Registration and refreshments
9:00 - 9:30      Introduction, history and thanks
9:30 - 10:20      Neal R. Feigenson, JD., Quinnipiac University School of Law
Emotional Influences on Legal Judgment: How It Happens, Should It Happen, And What To Do About It
10:20 - 10:45      Discussion
10:45 - 11:00      Break
11:00 - 11:50      Norbert L. Kerr, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Juror Emotion and Jury Judgment
11:50 - 12:15      Discussion
12:15 - 1:45      Lunch
1:45 - 2:35      Joseph P. Forgas, Ph.D., University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
The Strange Cognitive Benefits of Mild Dysphoria: The Adaptive Advantages of Not Being Too Happy
2:35 - 3:00      Discussion
3:00 - 3:15      Announcements and Prepare for Poster Session
3:30 - 6:00      Reception & Emotion and the Law Poster Session – Regency Suite
Sponsored by Springer Science+Business Media


Tuesday April 15th

9:00 - 9:45      Registration and refreshments
9:45 - 10:35      Elizabeth Loftus, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
False Memories: A window into the malleability of memory
10:35 - 11:15      Discussion
11:15 - 1:00      Lunch
1:00 - 1:50      Joel D. Lieberman, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Inner Terror and Outward Hate: The Effects of Mortality Salience on Bias Motivated Attacks
1:50 - 2:10      Discussion
2:10 - 2:30      Break
2:30 - 3:20      Jeremy A. Blumenthal, J.D., Ph.D. Syracuse University College of Law
A Moody View of the Law: Looking Back and Looking Ahead at Law and the Emotions
3:20 - 3:40      Discussion
4:00 - 6:00      Closing Reception
Sponsored by Springer Science+Business Media