Affect 233946 225989971 2008-07-16T10:15:26Z 68.148.164.166 {{wiktionary}} The term '''''Affect''''' generally suggests an ''emotion''. It is used in various ways in various contexts: * [[Affect (philosophy)]]. * [[Affect (psychology)]], referring to [[feeling]] or [[emotion]]. * [[Affect display]] (psychology) refers to apparent signs of emotion, such as facial expression, vocalization, and posture * [[Affective science]], the scientific study of emotion. * Any of several terms in abnormal psychology, including. :*[[Blunted affect]] or affective flattening, a reduction in emotional reactivity. :*[[Labile affect]], the unstable display of emotion. * [[Affective computing]], an area of research in computer science aiming to simulate emotional processes. * [[Affekt]] (the German term, which is often used in this context) in musical and other aesthetic theory. (The article currently redirects to [[Doctrine of the affections]].) * [[Doctrine of the affections]], an important theory in [[musical aesthetics]]. Please note that although the word "affect" is most commonly found in verb form, it also exists as a noun, and as such is often confused with the word "[[effect]]" (itself most commonly a noun, but occasionally found in verb form). {{disambig}} [[fi:Affekti]]