affective
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The first theory traces back to the same underlying factor that causes the stock market to perform poorly in September: a big uptick in seasonal affective disorder.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
“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 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
Vocabulary lists containing affective
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This Week In Culture: October 5–11, 2019
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