Bachelor 2025/2026

Introduction to Affective Science

Type: Compulsory course (Psychology)

Delivered by: School of Psychology

When: 4 year, 2 module

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Dmitry Lyusin

Language: English

Course Syllabus

Abstract

"Introduction to Affective Science" is an elective course introducing to the field of affective science and for the Bachelor’s Program "Psychology". Affective science is an interdisciplinary field that comprises studies of emotion and other affective phenomena. It includes psychology, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, artificial intelligence, and other disciplines. The rapid development of this field makes it necessary to know basic theories and main empirical findings. The author and teacher of the course is Dmitry Lyusin, a research fellow of the Laboratory of Cognitive Research of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. He has considerable teaching experience including reading the related courses such as “Psychology of Cognition”, “Affective Modulation of Cognitive Processes”, “Emotion and Cognition”, and “Modern Psychology of Emotion”. The course implements several innovative teaching techniques including group discussions of the cutting-edge research in the field and the development of new experimental designs by students.