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It's a psychological word-rating system called Affective Norms for English Words.
Shiny Shiny 2010
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It's a psychological word-rating system called Affective Norms for English Words.
Shiny Shiny 2010
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Affective warp: Boulomaic quirks create equilibrium warp by introducing the sway of affect.
Notes Toward a Theory of Narrative Modality Hal Duncan 2009
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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