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Perseveration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Kenneth H. Rogers*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto

Extract

By “perseveration” is intended the lag or persistence (“inertia”) of a mental process. That is, perseveration refers to process-lag as a function of the individual. It is probably best studied in terms of the effect of its presence on another immediately subsequent process. It is indirectly manifested in the realm of mental content, and the effect is usually appreciated as “interference”, “inhibition” or “carry-over”, which are symptoms of its presence.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1935 

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