The phrase "affected his mind" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe how something has influenced or changed someone's thoughts, feelings, or mental state.
Example: "The traumatic event deeply affected his mind, leading to long-lasting emotional struggles."
Alternatives: "impacted his thoughts" or "influenced his mental state."
His purpose: to investigate how this isolation affected his mind, body and perceived passage of time.
Some people said they thought the two strokes he had suffered had affected his mind.
He was acquitted, but the case affected his mind, and he imagined himself persecuted, even by Siri.
His personal misfortune and the tribulation of his country affected his mind, and, though he was still able to produce some splendid poems, such as "Vén cigány" (1854; "The Old Gypsy"), he was unable to continue his former activity.
Crookes was the discoverer of thallium — a toxic element that some skeptics alleged had adversely affected his mind — and his work on cathode rays played a role in the discovery of the electron.
When George Church, a Harvard geneticist whose lab collaborates with Hanley, heard about his injuries, he told me, "It sounds like it affected his mind more than his muscles".
He acknowledged that the drop in velocity had affected his mind-set, causing him to overcompensate.
She and other close relatives questioned O'Brady to check that exhaustion and hunger were not affecting his mind.
On Monday, the New York Times's longtime medical correspondent, Dr. Lawrence Altman, dealt with the question of whether Ronald Reagan's dementia had begun to affect his mind during his Presidency.
By Jane Mayer February 24 , 2011On Monday, the New York Times's longtime medical correspondent, Dr. Lawrence Altman, dealt with the question of whether Ronald Reagan's dementia had begun to affect his mind during his Presidency.
