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-Affect is a term in psychology used to describe the experience of feeling or emotion. It's a less troublesome word than emotion, which can be used to describe both the feeling of the emotion and it's cause. Affect is the instinctual reaction to a stimulation.
+Part of [[Project Lirec]]
+Affect is a term in psychology used to describe the experience of feeling or emotion. It's a less troublesome word than emotion, which can be used to describe both a feeling and it's cause. Affect is the instinctual reaction to a stimulation.
 Affective state is the current context of these reactions - the state of an agent's emotions.
+As well as emotions affective state can also describe moods, emotional disorders, attitudes and personality traits.