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> **Perseveration**, in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and speech–language pathology, is the repetition of a particular response (such as a word, phrase, or gesture) regardless of the absence or cessation of a stimulus ~ https :// en . wikipedia . org /wiki/Perseveration Often pathologised, given the connotation of mental illness But holding the word in common with a correspondent is a way of opening up the question of ** Who decides how fast the memory of the stimulus should fade? **