perseverative

FTD is often accompanied by perseverative behavior in which people repeat the same actions or statements or become mentally stuck in an idea or behavior.

“Good Kid” is in fact the name of one of Seth’s numbers, which Cooley, in a flawless Broadway debut, delivers with charm that does not obscure their ruminative, perseverative nature.

Their perseverative cycles of longing sound like the pressured speech of people driven mad by oppression.

MRIs of others who have had this chemotherapy for breast cancer suggest damage to the visual cortex, “significantly reduced activation of the left middle dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex and premotor cortex”, and “significantly reduced left caudal lateral prefrontal cortex activation, increased perseverative errors, and reduced processing speed”.

Teen Vogue has billed its editorial shift as activism, but the obsessive focus on Mrs. Clinton seems more like perseverative cognition.