affective

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"But for people who have a profound effect at this time of year, when they get significantly depressed, then those are the kinds of people that we might say are experiencing seasonal affective."

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

"Targeting these specific neural circuits could become an effective and more localized strategy to treat affective disorders," Lerma concludes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

The inquest heard that Maria Morris, who worked as a teaching assistant, had bi-polar affective disorder.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

She has a deep understanding of and a postmodern comfort with cognitive dissonance, with lyrics that describe the affective landscape of the gap between our gestures and expectations.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

Interestingly, there is often an affective connection between music and the emotions, and musical intelligence may share common thinking processes with mathematical intelligence.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin