Is the outside unaligned with what you feel inside? Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD Inappropriate affect occurs when emotions expressed don't match the situation. It can result from brain damage ...

An expansive affect or mood is a often a symptom of bipolar disorder. Knowing what it looks like and how to cope may be helpful. Share on Pinterest The Good Brigade/Getty Images An expansive affect is ...

Affect is a positive-to-negative experience in consciousness that has eluded a consensus understanding within psychology and neuroscience. The contemporary neuroscience perspectives of predictive ...

In October, 2011, the literary scholar and cultural theorist Lauren Berlant published “Cruel Optimism,” a meditation on our attachment to dreams that we know are destined to be dashed. Berlant had ...

Affect and effect are notoriously tricky. It doesn’t help that each can be both a noun and a verb, so you’re actually dealing with four words rather than two. To keep all these straight, know how the ...

The main difference between affect and effect is in their grammatical role. The most common use of affect is as a verb, to have an effect on something or to cause it to change. The most common ...