affective
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“In order to fully hijack your ability to reason, I need to parasitize both your cognitive or thinking system, as well as your emotional affective system.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
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
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
And yet there again, the Neurocase paper I cite above on the prodigious memorizer of 7t describes how the subject’s “self-report indicates that imagining affective situations and high emotional content is critical for successful recall.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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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