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
Of these participants, 259 had schizophrenia and 177 had affective disorders that included bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder with psychosis.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025
"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
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
But people live also in the realm of the affective and aesthetic—that's why they bury bodies and sometimes dig them up and pour love potions on them.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing affective
"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 7
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This Week In Culture: October 5–11, 2019
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Dicey's Song
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