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Reasons and Theories of Sensory Affect [PDF]
, 2018 Some sensory experiences are pleasant, some unpleasant. This is a truism. But understanding what makes these experiences pleasant and unpleasant is not an easy job. Various difficulties and puzzles arise as soon as we start theorizing.
Aydede, Murat, Fulkerson, Matthew
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BMJ Mental Health, 2023 Question Randomised controlled trials assessing treatments for anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and stress-related disorders often present high placebo response rates in placebo groups.
Pim Cuijpers +10 more
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Microplastics Can Change Soil Properties and Affect Plant Performance.
Environmental Science and Technology, 2019 Microplastics can affect biophysical properties of the soil. However, little is known about the cascade of events in fundamental levels of terrestrial ecosystems, i.e., starting with the changes in soil abiotic properties and propagating across the ...
A. A. de Souza Machado +8 more
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Thematic relations affect similarity via commonalities [PDF]
, 2009 Thematic relations are an important source of perceived similarity. For instance, the rowing theme of boats and oars increases their perceived similarity. The mechanism of this effect, however, has not been specified previously.
Estes, Zachary, Golonka, Sabrina
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POSTCOLONIAL AESTHETICS: AFFECT, AFFECTION OR AFFECTATION?
Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2019 This article analyzes the concept of postcolonial aesthetics as developed and debated by such critics as Bill Ashcroft, Elleke Boehmer and Robert Young. In particular, it critiques Ashcroft’s theorization of the postcolonial aesthetics in his article ‘Towards a Postcolonial Aesthetics’ and recommends an alternative approach to the conceptualization of ...
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Does abscisic acid affect strigolactone biosynthesis? [PDF]
, 2010 Strigolactones are considered a novel class of plant hormones that, in addition to their endogenous signalling function, are exuded into the rhizosphere acting as a signal to stimulate hyphal branching of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and germination
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The affect of fashion: An exploration of affective method
Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, 2021 Fashion enchants, engrosses, caresses, itches, restrains, liberates, enfolds, reveals, protects and provokes. This article researches fashion’s ability to affect, and vice versa, how humans are affected by fashion. The first part introduces the main tenets of affect theory, while the second part of the article focuses on the pragmatics of affective ...
Maaike A. van Tienhoven, Anneke Smelik
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How organisational arrangements affect service provision [PDF]
, 2013 This research shows the importance of good organisational support for care giving. Organisational arrangements can shape what individual staff members do in the highly skilled work of meeting resident needs.
Burns, Diane +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 The evidence for the impact of benzodiazepine (BZD) use on infection or clinical outcomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is limited.
Hye Yoon Park +3 more
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Putting the affect into affective polarisation
Cognition and EmotionWhile many believe that affective polarisation poses a significant threat to democratic stability, the definition and operationalisation of the concept varies greatly. This leads to conceptual slippage as well as imprecise tests of the causes and consequences of affective polarisation.
Bert N. Bakker, Yphtach Lelkes
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