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/ôˈtäməˌtizəm/,
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automatisms, plural;
  1. The performance of actions without conscious thought or intention

  2. The avoidance of conscious intention in producing works of art, esp. by using mechanical techniques or subconscious associations

  3. An action performed unconsciously or involuntarily

  1. any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)
  2. In the Criminal Law, automatism is a defense to liability. Except in the case of strict liability offences, a crime must contain two elements: the actus reus or "guilty act", and the mens rea or "guilty mind". ...
  3. Automatic behavior, from the Greek automatos or self-acting, is the spontaneous production of often purposeless verbal or motor behavior without conscious self-control or self-censorship. ...
  4. In medicine, automatism refers to a set of brief unconscious behaviors . These typically last for several seconds to minutes or sometimes longer, a time during which the subject is unaware of his/her actions. ...
  5. Automatism, in toxicology, refers to a tendency to take a drug over and over again, forgetting each time that one has already taken the dose. This can lead to a cumulative overdose. A particular example is barbiturates which were once commonly used as hypnotic (sleep inducing) drugs. ...
  6. Acting automatically or involuntarily; An action performed subconsciously, without any apparent direction from the mind; a thought which appears spontaneously in one's consciousness; A surrealist painting technique whereby one attempts to move the brush, pen etc. without conscious control over it
  7. (Automatisms) purposeless automatic movements that accompany a complex partial seizure, such as smacking the lips, chewing, or picking at the clothes.
  8. (automatisms) strange, repetitious behaviors that occur during a seizure. Automatisms may include blinks, twitches, mouth movements, or even walking in a circle.
  9. An unconscious or involuntary muscular movement caused by spirits.  (See automatic writing)
  10. Automatic or unconscious action. Employed by Surrealist writers and artists to allow unconscious ideas and feelings to be expressed.
  11. automatic action–especially any action performed apparently without intention or awareness.
  12. mechanical, seemingly aimless behavior (e.g., lip smacking or picking at clothes) characteristic of complex partial seizures
  13. junking of all traditional rules of art in favor of chance as the direct creative access to the unconscious.
  14. (Automatic): the practice of making art that attempts to downplay conscious direction, giving free-play to unconscious or otherwise random impulses, though often within a predetermined set of material and practical conditions.
  15. The theory that living organisms are governed solely by the laws of physics and mechanics. An extreme form of behaviorism that denies conscious control of actions.
  16. things people do during a seizure in a state of diminished consciousness, such as pulling at their clothes or chewing.
  17. actions performed by an individual without conscious awareness of what he or she is doing and/or lack of awareness of the consequences of those actions.
  18. Technique of creating a work of art without the use of thought or the conscious mind.
  19. A set of repetitive, involuntary motions that can happen as part of a seizure. Often the motions are not remembered afterward. An automatism can look like a voluntary movement, and may resemble a movement made just before the seizure began.
  20. In the arts, an act of creation which either allows chance to play a major role or which draws on the unconscious mind through free association, states of trance, or dreams. ...
  21. In writing or painting, the suspension of the control of reason allowing the release of subconscious imagery. It is chiefly associated with Surrealism and defined in *Breton's Manifeste de Surrealisme (1924) as pure psychic automatism'. It was subsequently developed by the * Abstract Expressionists.
  22. A purposeful, but irrelevant, activity during or shortly following a seizure. The spectrum of these activities is wide, but follow general rules of stereotypy and short duration. Not premeditated, or requiring higher cognitive functions. Not directed violence.
  23. Involuntary, undirected movements during complex partial seizures and atypical absence seizures.
  24. The theory in which the subconscious communicates with the conscious by means of a vehicle such as a Ouija Board, automatic writing or pendulum swinging.
  25. during the speed cycle, and eventual re-entry into the speed cycle, the user forgets when he/she used last and, therefore, uses more speed.