Affect
GLOSSARY
An overall state encompassing emotion, mood, feeling and other evaluative & valenced (e.g. positive, negative) elements like memories & preferences.
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Reference:
Juslin, P.N. & Västfjäll,D. (2008). Emotional responses to music: The need to consider underlying mechanisms. Behavioral Brain Sciences, 31 (1), 559-621. Taylor, G.J., Bagby, M.R. & Parker, J.D.A. (1997). Disorders of Affect Regulation - Alexithymia in Medical and Psychiatric Illness. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.