Echophenomenon

Echophenomenon (also known as echo phenomenon) is "automatic imitative actions without explicit awareness"[1] or pathological repetitions of external stimuli or activities, actions, sounds, or phrases, indicative of an underlying disorder.[2][3]

The echophenomena include repetition:[1]

References

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  2. Ford RA (1989). "The psychopathology of echophenomena". Psychol Med 19 (3): 627–35. doi:10.1017/s0033291700024223. PMID 2477866.
  3. 1 2 Kawohl W, Podoll K (2008). "Contour copying or echoplasia--a new echo phenomenon in a person with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome". Psychopathology 41 (3): 201–2. doi:10.1159/000120989. PMID 18337631.
  4. Lang AE, Consky E, Sandor P (1993). ""Signing tics"--insights into the pathophysiology of symptoms in Tourette's syndrome". Ann Neurol 33 (2): 212–5. doi:10.1002/ana.410330212. PMID 8434883.
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