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affective

[af-ek-tiv] / ˈæf ɛk tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
concerning feelings and intuition
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“If I’m syncing with you, my prediction error is minimized,” says Dr. Oliver Saunders Wilder, an interpersonal synchrony researcher affiliated with MIT’s Affective Computing Group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

His 1967 paper, titled “The Biochemistry of Affective Disorders,” reviewed studies of reserpine, iproniazid, and other recently discovered drugs, and proposed that low levels of a different neurotransmitter, serotonin, could underlie depressive illness.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

The University College London research, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, examined 30 studies involving 3,500 women in 14 countries, including the UK, the US and Australia.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024

In total 47 people took part in the Essex study which was published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

Howard Friedman, a psychologist at the University of California at Riverside, has developed what he calls the Affective Communication Test to measure this ability to send emotion, to be contagious.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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