
4th-5th December 2025
Online Conference
The APE Conference is back!
The International Affect, Personality & Embodied Brain Research Group (APE; Nottingham Trent University) and the Human Neurobehavioural Laboratory (HNL; Universidade Catolica Portuguesa) are proud to present the 5th online APE Conference, APE2023, which will take place on the 4th – 5th December 2025.
We are proud to announce our fantastic keynote speakers, who are:
Professor Dr.med Christoph Mulert
(Justis Liebig University Giessen, Germany)
“Body and Mind: Inflammation and Glutamate Systems in Psychosis“
Professor Maria Vânia Silva Nunes
(Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal)
“Music as a tool for cognitive reserve and emotional regulation in Dementia“
Professor Patrícia Oliveira Silva
(Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal)
“INSPIRE.Brain@Border: The Neuroscience of Cultural Adaptation“
Professor Suvo Mitra
(Nottingham Trent University, UK)
“Task spaces in embodied cognition“
Dr Satyam Chauhan
(Brunel University London, UK)
“Circadian Rhythmicity and Sleep:
Their Effects on Mental Health, Neurocognitive Functions, and Emotion Processing“
Call for submissions
We welcome abstract submissions on topics related to any of these themes:
Life Span, Personality, Emotions, Mental Health and/or Brain function
for Symposia, Oral Presentations or Poster Blitz.
Deadline : 17th November 2025
Executive committee

NADJA HEYM 
ALEXANDER SUMICH 
PATRICIA OLIVEIRA SILVA
Organization committee

JULIA AYACHE 
VANESSA BOTAN 
MICHAEL PILGROM 
BRAD STANDEN 
SAMANTHA HILTON 
ESTER BALBO 
ANA MORENO 
PEDRO RODRIGUES RIBEIRO 
ANA MARIA MOURA FERNANDES SHUBO 
SUZANNAH HEMSLEY 
RICHARD STEEL 
GABRIELA VINTIMILLA
