affective
adjective
af·fec·tive
a-ˈfek-tiv 
1
: relating to, arising from, or influencing feelings or emotions : emotional
cognitive and affective symptoms
the novel's affective death scene
2
: expressing emotion
affective language
behaviors that elicit affective reactions
affectively
adverb
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Human beings are notoriously bad at what’s known as affective forecasting, or accurately predicting the intensity and duration of our emotional experiences in the future.
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Jenny Taitz, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The study’s aims were twofold: one, to explore how young autistic adults described their emotions, and two, to suggest ways of improving affective contact, the ability to form relations with others on an emotional level, between autistic people and their therapists.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
This is not to downplay the significance of Harriman’s affective labors.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
Albert Salah, a professor at Utrecht University in the Netherlands who studies affective computing, is impressed with Hume AI’s technology and recently demonstrated it to his students.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
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Jenny Taitz, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The study’s aims were twofold: one, to explore how young autistic adults described their emotions, and two, to suggest ways of improving affective contact, the ability to form relations with others on an emotional level, between autistic people and their therapists.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
This is not to downplay the significance of Harriman’s affective labors.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
Albert Salah, a professor at Utrecht University in the Netherlands who studies affective computing, is impressed with Hume AI’s technology and recently demonstrated it to his students.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
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affective
adjective
af·fec·tive
a-ˈfek-tiv
: relating to, arising from, or influencing feelings or emotions : emotional
affective symptoms
affectively
adverb
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