perseveration

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* Serotonergic antidepressants are used to control stereotypic behaviours, perseveration, and mood swings

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  1. noun Psychology Uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by brain injury or other organic disorder.
  2. noun Psychology The tendency to continue or repeat an act or activity after the cessation of the original stimulus.
  3. noun The act or an instance of persevering; perseverance.

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  • Kevin's worried about Grace, the older daughter, and her perseveration on apocalypses, pandemics and the like. —  Television Without Pity
  • In psychology this would fall pretty damn close to perseveration. —  Countercurrents.org
  • * Serotonergic antidepressants are used to control stereotypic behaviours, perseveration, and mood swings —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • At its worst, we examine the conclusions of the recently declassified Nicoll Report that provide the basis for a rich discussion of mirror imaging, perseveration, transferred judgment, etc., all made worse by group think. —  Adrian Monck
  • Almost all successful writers exhibit behaviors which would be unhealthy perseveration in the everyday world, but are critical success factors in publishing. —  jlake.com
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