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  2. Perseveration - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Grit (personality trait) - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, grit is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on a person's perseverance of effort combined with their passion for a particular long-term goal or end state (a powerful motivation to achieve an objective). This perseverance of effort helps people overcome obstacles or challenges to accomplishment and drives people to achieve.

  4. Belief perseverance - Wikipedia

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    Belief perseverance (also known as conceptual conservatism [1]) is maintaining a belief despite new information that firmly contradicts it. [ 2 ] Since rationality involves conceptual flexibility, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] belief perseverance is consistent with the view that human beings act at times in an irrational manner.

  5. Perseverative cognition - Wikipedia

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    Perseverative cognition can affect more than physical components, as stated earlier. The same article [21] also talked about how mental rigidity ties in with perseverative cognition and impacts individuals in multiple ways. In addition, perseverative cognition has potential to make other mental illnesses worse.

  6. How coffee, albeit lots of it, could improve your physical ...

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    A review of nine previous studies found that participants averaged a 24 percent boost in physical endurance after drinking several cups of coffee.

  7. Persistence (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Persistence(PS) is a key personality trait identified by psychiatrist C. Robert Cloninger in his Psychobiological Model of Personality. [1] It describes an individual's propensity to remain motivated, resilient and goal-driven in the face of challenges and difficulties they may encounter whilst carrying out tasks and working towards goals.

  8. Discipline - Wikipedia

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    Small acts allow one to achieve greater goals. The key component of self-discipline is the trait of persistence or perseverance. [28] Daily choices accumulate to produce changes one wants the most, despite obstacles. Self-discipline, determination, and perseverance are similar to grit. Discipline is about internal and external consistencies.

  9. Is it better to run faster or longer? Experts reveal which ...

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    "The best way to build endurance is to create a situation that needs endurance, which is longer distance and longer time," Dr. John Vasudevan, associate professor of physical medicine and ...