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  • Perseveration -- fixating on the same thing long after it ceases to be relevant or useful -- is not.

    What Babies Pay Attention To josh 2008

  • Perseveration -- fixating on the same thing long after it ceases to be relevant or useful -- is not.

    Archive 2008-10-01 josh 2008

  • -- C.M. Perseveration: numerous instances of association to preceding reaction; unclassified reactions, mostly incoherent.

    A Study of Association in Insanity Grace Helen Kent

  • Whishaw IQ, Tomie JA (1997) Perseveration on place reversals in spatial swimming pool tasks: further evidence for place learning in hippocampal rats.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Steve M. Kim et al. 2009

  • • Verbigeration - meaningless repetition of words and phrases • Perseveration - persistence of a response to a previous question • Echolalia - pathological repetition of words of others • Aphasia - speech difficulty and disturbance - Expressive, receptive or global THINKING & SPEECH

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  • 2. Perseveration with demonstrably false arguments.

    Science, Non-Science, and Pseudoscience - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • (a) Perseveration: a. Association to preceding stimulus.

    A Study of Association in Insanity Grace Helen Kent

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