Sentence examples for perseveration from inspiring English sources
noun
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.
In the documentary "Tyson," Toback looped interviews with Tyson to create a stuttering perseveration, as if we were inside the ex-boxer's head.
In our case report, however, it is possible to demonstrate a patient's post-traumatic lateralized long-latency visual perseveration for the first time as a clear-cut focal epileptic seizure which is approved by synchronous temporo-parietal epileptic discharges in the electroencephalogram.
If there are different reasons for the three sorts of visual perseveration has not been answered yet.
" 'Bolero' is an exercise in compulsivity, structure and perseveration," Dr. Miller said.
And though perseverance can be an admirable trait and is essential for all success in life, when taken too far it becomes perseveration — uncontrollable repetition — or simple perversity.
Sequences like this are so moodily elegant, evoking the fragility of perception, that they elevate the show's more familiar musings, especially Elliott's perseverations on the brainwashed basics who surround him.
