{"id":26995,"date":"2020-07-08T05:50:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T05:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=26995"},"modified":"2023-06-06T08:03:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T08:03:08","slug":"echopraxia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/echopraxia\/","title":{"rendered":"Echopraxia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imitative repetition of the movements, gestures, or posture of another. It may be a symptom of a neurological disorder or of schizophrenia.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An automatic imitation by a person of another person\u2019s movements or mannerisms, echolalia.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The meaningless imitation of another person\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Echopraxia is defined as the involuntary and spasmodic imitation of movements made by another person. The imitation or repetition of body movements characteristic of echopraxia may be concomitant with a variety of disorders. Echopraxia serves as a diagnostic marker for specific developmental, psychiatric, and neurological disorders because of the frequent incidence of involuntary movement or gesture imitation associated with certain disorders. Echopraxic behavior is often a symptom of the low-incidence disorders of autism, childhood schizophrenia, and Tourette syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 2000).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Pathological imitation of the actions of another person. It may be a symptom of catatonia or of latah.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Meaningless imitation of motions made by others.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654] sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>The replication or mimicry of the bodily movements of another person.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imitative repetition of the movements, gestures, or posture of another. It may be a symptom of a neurological disorder or of schizophrenia. An automatic imitation by a person of another person\u2019s movements or mannerisms, echolalia. The meaningless imitation of another person\u2019s actions. Echopraxia is defined as the involuntary and spasmodic imitation of movements made by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Echopraxia - Definition of Echopraxia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Imitative repetition of the movements, gestures, or posture of another. 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