Affect

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Affect is the general sense of feeling that you experience through the day. It is not emotion but a simpler feeling with two components: Valence is how pleasant or unpleasant you feel, and arousal is how calm or agitated you are.

Circumplex of Arousal
Reference Notes
  1. How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the BrainLisa Feldman Barrett
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