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  • It's a psychological word-rating system called Affective Norms for English Words.

    Shiny Shiny 2010

  • It's a psychological word-rating system called Affective Norms for English Words.

    Shiny Shiny 2010

  • Affective warp: Boulomaic quirks create equilibrium warp by introducing the sway of affect.

    Notes Toward a Theory of Narrative Modality Hal Duncan 2009

  • Some studies say that as many as 1 in 10 people in the northern states suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder or winter depression.

    7 Ways To Stay Happy This Winter The Huffington Post 2011

  • Does it tell us that the winter book season is going gangbusters, as evidenced by this swell new book, or that it's afflicting us with a variation on Seasonal Affective Disorder and that this new book will have to do?

    Book Reviewing 2010

  • Dr. Norman Rosenthal, psychiatrist, Seasonal Affective Disorder specialist and author of the book "Winter Blues" agrees: "Many of us just can't achieve the expected level of happiness that commercials portray."

    7 Ways To Stay Happy This Winter The Huffington Post 2011

  • EconLog, Affective Forecasting Errors: Library of Economics and Liberty Arnold Kling points to a talk with Daniel Gilbert about his research on "affective forecasting": how well we predict our future happiness.

    Affective Forecasting Errors, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Dr. Norman Rosenthal, psychiatrist, Seasonal Affective Disorder specialist and author of the book "Winter Blues" agrees: "Many of us just can't achieve the expected level of happiness that commercials portray."

    7 Ways To Stay Happy This Winter The Huffington Post 2011

  • In 1943, Leo Kanner, an Austrian doctor and the author of the first English-language textbook on child psychiatry, published “Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact.”

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • Some studies say that as many as 1 in 10 people in the northern states suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder or winter depression.

    7 Ways To Stay Happy This Winter The Huffington Post 2011

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