"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.
| Descriptor ID |
D000339
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.470.047
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| Concept/Terms |
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 1997 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1998 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1999 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2007 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2008 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2009 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2011 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2013 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2015 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Affect" by people in Profiles.
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Intracerebral haemorrhage laterality and associations with mood and pain: a MISTIE III substudy. Stroke Vasc Neurol. 2025 Dec 23; 10(6):734-742.
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Depression symptom level associates with negative and positive affect and cognitive dysfunction during a smoking cessation quit attempt. J Affect Disord. 2026 Jan 01; 392:120237.
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Effects of methamphetamine on human effort task performance are unrelated to its subjective effects. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2026 Jan; 243(1):199-209.
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Does increasing cigarette use stabilize mood? A real-time investigation spanning 6 years of adolescence and young adulthood. Addiction. 2025 Sep; 120(9):1816-1824.
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Real-Time Assessment of Alcohol Reward, Stimulation, and Negative Affect in Individuals With and Without Alcohol Use Disorder and Depressive Disorders. Am J Psychiatry. 2025 Feb 01; 182(2):187-197.
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Greater subjective effects of a low dose of LSD in participants with depressed mood. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Apr; 49(5):774-781.
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Associations Between Social Context and Mood During Alcohol Consumption in Young Adult Smokers. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2023 09; 84(5):718-722.
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Alcohol Use Severity, Anger and Drinking Motives among Firefighters. Subst Use Misuse. 2023; 58(5):601-609.
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Association between affect and cannabis use varies by social context. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 02 01; 243:109750.
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Effects of alcohol on sleep and nocturnal heart rate: Relationships to intoxication and morning-after effects. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2022 10; 46(10):1875-1887.