Affect
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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).
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