The birth rates in Europe are so low that there are now more people in Italy over 60 than under the age of 20. Greece, Spain, and Germany will all be in the same boat soon; not enough young people to support the aging population.
The everyday use of âaffectâ is the verb, meaning âto influenceâ (his methods affected me greatly), but it also means âto feignâ (he affected nonchalance). The everyday use of âeffectâ is the noun, meaning âresultâ (the effect of this has been to make him proud) or âinfluenceâ (he has had such an effect on me).
Individuals with blunted or flat affect show different regional brain activity when compared with healthy individuals. Blunted affect is a lack of affect more severe than restricted or constricted affect, but less severe than flat or flattened affect. The difference between flat and blunted affect is in degree.