A tendency for a person to focus on a particular physiological system so much so to that it results in the neglect of other systems. It also describes a person's impaired ability to adaptively and volitionally shift their attention. 

Attentional Perseveration

Individuals experience  many attention difficulties
- Attentional perseveration
- Difficulty attending to unaffected body parts
- Disruptions to sustained and selective attention
- Inefficient or impaired attentional shifting
- Involuntary attentional biases

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How Abnormalities Interact to Produce FND Symptoms

Drane, D. L., Fani, N., Hallett, M., Khalsa, S. S., Perez, D. L., & Roberts, N. A. (2021). A framework for understanding the pathophysiology of functional neurological disorder. CNS Spectrums, 26(6), 555-561–561. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1092852920001789

A framework for understanding the pathophysiology of functional neurological disorder

- Some report that their negative affective states can worsen their motor symptoms
- alexithymia
- Experiencing autonomic arousal in the absence of a perceived negative affect

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