affective

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The 27-year-old data scientist struggles with seasonal affective disorder, meaning January can be tough, but she has found ways to counter it.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Participants with schizophrenia also consumed more coffee on average than participants with affective disorders.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

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

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

On top of this endorsement of irony, Berlant also theorized a post-irony characterized by meaningful sincerity, allowing us to patch or bridge the affective conflicts of public life that can’t be resolved through ironic detachment.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

An investigation of an arts infusion program on creative thinking, academic achievement, affective functioning, and arts appreciation of children at three grade levels.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin