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How to pronounce “perseveration”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of perseveration with real speech in context.
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- Kathryn Schulz: Don't regret regret 16 minutes
Now the effect of perseveration
- Definition summary
- (psychology) An uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by a brain injury or other organic disorder.
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How to pronounce perseveration
Kathryn Schulz: Don't regret regret 16 minutes

Now the effect of perseveration
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A Deep Dive Into “perseveration”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (psychology) An uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by a brain injury or other organic disorder.
- (psychology) The tendency to continue or repeat an act or activity after the cessation of the original stimulus.
- The act or an instance of persevering; perseverance.
- (derogatory) An argument by repetition; a mantra.
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