Echopraxia vs. Echolalia

Echopraxianoun

The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.

Echopraxianoun

meaningless repetition or imitation of the movements of others as a symptom of psychiatric disorder.

Echopraxia

Echopraxia (also known as echokinesis) is the involuntary repetition or imitation of another person's actions. Similar to echolalia, the involuntary repetition of sounds and language, it is one of the echophenomena ().

Echolalianoun

(clinical psychology) The immediate, involuntary, and repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another.

Echolalianoun

An infant's repetitive imitation of vocal sounds spoken by another person, occurring naturally during childhood development.

Echolalianoun

Any apparently meaningless, repetitious noises, especially voices.

Echolalianoun

an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others

Echolalianoun

(psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)

Echolalianoun

meaningless repetition of another person's spoken words as a symptom of psychiatric disorder.

Echolalianoun

repetition of speech by a child learning to talk.

Echolalia

Echolalia is the unsolicited repetition of vocalizations made by another person (when repeated by the same person, it is called palilalia). In its profound form it is automatic and effortless.