 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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| 1996 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2005 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2006 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2007 | 7 | 4 | 11 | | 2008 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2009 | 2 | 10 | 12 | | 2010 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2011 | 7 | 6 | 13 | | 2012 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2013 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2014 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | 2015 | 9 | 2 | 11 | | 2016 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 2017 | 8 | 5 | 13 | | 2018 | 11 | 13 | 24 | | 2019 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2020 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2023 | 1 | 13 | 14 | | 2024 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 2025 | 12 | 2 | 14 | | 2026 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Affect" by people in Profiles.
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Gavett BE, Schmitter-Edgecombe M, Luna C, Zawadzki MJ, Weakley AM, Fox JM, Cook D, Dai S, Tomaszewski Farias S. The association between daily real-time assessment of subjective cognitive function and objective cognition using ecological momentary assessment. Neuropsychology. 2026 Sep; 40(6):563-573.
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Tse S, Yuen WWY, Lo IWK, Johnson SL, Michalak EE, Clark L, Luk TSK. "Creation involved a lot of inspiration which drove me to create, and the creation was a record of myself at different moments": a nine-month photovoice study of creative practices and recovery from bipolar disorder. BMC Psychiatry. 2026 06 06; 26(1).
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Lisano JK, Rosa L, Giordano G, Bryan AD, Bidwell LC. Physical Activity Level Moderates Cannabis-Associated Reductions in Negative Affect in Anxious Individuals. Clin Ther. 2026 Sep; 48(9):859-866.
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Rosa L, Young G, Ibonie SG, LeMoult J, Mauss IB, Alloy LB, Borelli JL, Holley SR, Jopling E, Moriarity DP, Nusslock R, Strauss G, Villanueva CM, Weinstock LM, Bidwell LC, Gruber J. The highs and lows: Cannabis use and positive valence bipolar mood and emotion processes in emerging adults. J Affect Disord. 2026 Jul 15; 405:121640.
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Hennessey EP, Swales DA, Markant J, Nevarez-Brewster M, Deer LK, Su C, Hoffman MC, Hankin BL, Davis EP. Fetal Cortisol Exposure and Offspring Socioemotional Development. Dev Psychobiol. 2026 03; 68(2):e70122.
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Schmiege SJ, Kaizer LK, Stevens CJ, Bryan AD. Longitudinal mixture modeling approaches to capture heterogeneity in affective response to exercise measured within bout and over study waves. J Behav Med. 2026 Apr; 49(2):138-156.
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Liu DY, Swerdlow BA, Chong SY, Kako N, Rubin A, Perry NS. Affect regulation in the context of sexual and gender minority stress: A scoping review protocol. PLoS One. 2026; 21(1):e0329531.
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Dey D, Lateef HA, Leroux A, Zipunnikov V, Merikangas K. Associations between daily outdoor temperature and subjective real-time ratings of emotional states and sleep in mood disorder subtypes. J Affect Disord. 2026 Mar 15; 397:120918.
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McCool MW, Carpenter RW, Ellingson JM. The role of distress tolerance in the momentary relationship between negative affect and drinking in daily life. Psychol Addict Behav. 2026 Jun; 40(4):367-377.
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Black VK, Allen KJD, Aazh H, Johnson SL, Erfanian M. Misophonia symptom severity is linked to impaired flexibility and heightened rumination. Br J Psychol. 2026 Feb; 117(1):271-300.
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