 Affect
"Affect" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The feeling-tone accompaniment of an idea or mental representation. It is the most direct psychic derivative of instinct and the psychic representative of the various bodily changes by means of which instincts manifest themselves.
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D000339
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.470.047
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Affect" by people in this website by year, and whether "Affect" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1996 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2004 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2005 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2006 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2007 | 6 | 4 | 10 | | 2008 | 8 | 6 | 14 | | 2009 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2010 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2011 | 7 | 4 | 11 | | 2012 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2013 | 6 | 4 | 10 | | 2014 | 3 | 7 | 10 | | 2015 | 8 | 1 | 9 | | 2016 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2017 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2018 | 10 | 7 | 17 | | 2019 | 6 | 4 | 10 | | 2020 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2023 | 0 | 10 | 10 | | 2024 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Affect" by people in Profiles.
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Winters DE, Spitz J, Raymond K, Natvig C, Waller R, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Sakai JT. Affective theory of mind impairments linked with callous-unemotional traits implicate cognitive control: A pre-registered double-blind randomized controlled trial with a dual-task paradigm. J Affect Disord. 2025 Aug 01; 382:417-427.
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Carter SJ, Blechschmid TH, Long EB, Yangchen T, Baranauskas MN, Wiggins CC, Raglin JS, Coggan AR. Pulmonary V?O2 on-kinetics and walking net V?O2 associate with fatigue and mood disturbance in postmenopausal women. Exp Gerontol. 2025 Jun 15; 205:112764.
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Okun ML, Payne JL, Osborne LM, Feliciano L, Lac A. Effects of Using a Smart Bassinet on the Mental Health of Military-Affiliated Pregnant Women: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Sleep Health and Mood in Newly Expectant Military Mothers (SHINE) Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Apr 10; 14:e66439.
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Alexander JD, Duffy KA, Freis SM, Chow SM, Friedman NP, Vrieze SI. Investigating the Magnitude and Persistence of COVID-19-Related Impacts on Affect and GPS-Derived Daily Mobility Patterns in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Insights From a Smartphone-Based Intensive Longitudinal Study of Colorado-Based Youths From June 2016 to April 2022. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Mar 17; 27:e64965.
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Kracht CL, Tate A, de Brito JN, Trofholz A, Berge JM. Association between parental stress, coping, mood, and subsequent child physical activity and screen-time: an ecological momentary assessment study. BMC Public Health. 2025 Feb 22; 25(1):729.
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Finkelstein LB, Bright EE, Gu HCJ, Arch JJ. Optimizing the Use of Personal Values to Promote Medication Adherence: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Affective and Behavioral Responses to Theory-Driven Domain Congruent Versus Incongruent Values Approaches. Ann Behav Med. 2025 Jan 04; 59(1).
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Okun ML, Segerstrom S, Jackman S, Ross K, Schetter CD, Coussons-Read M. Variability in perinatal sleep quality is associated with an atypical cortisol awakening response and increased mood symptoms. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2025 Feb; 172:107248.
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Botvinik-Nezer R, Petre B, Ceko M, Lindquist MA, Friedman NP, Wager TD. Placebo treatment affects brain systems related to affective and cognitive processes, but not nociceptive pain. Nat Commun. 2024 Jul 17; 15(1):6017.
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Lee SA, Lee JJ, Han J, Choi M, Wager TD, Woo CW. Brain representations of affective valence and intensity in sustained pleasure and pain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Jun 18; 121(25):e2310433121.
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Waddell JT, Carpenter RW, Frumkin MR, McNamara IA, Ellingson JM. Modeling momentary reciprocal associations between negative affect and craving for alcohol and cannabis using dynamic structural equation modeling. Psychol Addict Behav. 2024 Aug; 38(5):591-600.
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