automatism

自动行为, 自动作用

【生理】自动性; 人体机械论 无意识行为

【医】自动症

automatism

the state or quality of being automatic; mechanical or involuntary action

the explanation of an action, or of action in general, as determined by the physiological states of the individual, admissible in law as a defence when the physiological state is involuntary, as in sleepwalking

the performance of actions, such as sleepwalking, without conscious knowledge or control

the suspension of consciousness sought or achieved by certain artists and writers to allow free flow of uncensored thoughts