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Circumstantial speech, also referred to as circumstantiality, is the result of a so-called "non-linear thought pattern" and occurs when the focus of a conversation drifts, but often comes back to the point. [1] In circumstantiality, apparently unnecessary details and seemingly irrelevant remarks cause a delay in getting to the point. [2]
Tangential speech or tangentiality is a communication disorder in which the train of thought of the speaker wanders and shows a lack of focus, never returning to the initial topic of the conversation. [1]
A related term is tangentiality—it refers to off-the-point, oblique or irrelevant answers given to questions. [2] In some studies on creativity, knight's move thinking—while describing a similarly loose association of ideas—is not considered a mental disorder or the hallmark of one; it is sometimes used as a synonym for lateral thinking.
A thought disorder (TD) is a disturbance in cognition which affects language, thought and communication. [1] [2] Psychiatric and psychological glossaries in 2015 and 2017 identified thought disorders as encompassing poverty of ideas, paralogia (a reasoning disorder characterized by expression of illogical or delusional thoughts), word salad, and delusions—all disturbances of thought content ...
Pressure of speech (or pressured speech) is a speech fast and frenetic (i.e., mainly without pauses), including some irregularities in loudness and rhythm or some degrees of circumstantiality; it is hard to interpret and expresses a feeling/affect of emergency.
Neologisms - Very common Circumstantiality - Common Echolalia - Very common, particularly in HFA Stilted speech - Very common, pedantic speech is thought by some to distinguish AS Self-reference - Very common, autism is a developmental delay after all Word approximations - common Tangentiality - seems tangential but not, obsessive Loss of goal ...
Geschwind syndrome includes five primary changes: hypergraphia, hyperreligiosity, atypical (usually reduced) sexuality, circumstantiality, and intensified mental life. [3] Not all symptoms must be present for a diagnosis. [2] Only some people with epilepsy or temporal lobe epilepsy show features of Geschwind syndrome. [4]
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