Look up: automatism

1. Automatism
   [toxicology] 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) d...
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2. Automatism
   [case law] Automatism is a rarely used criminal defence which denies that the accused was criminally responsible for his or her actions. There are several limitations to the defence of automatism in English law . Prior fault generally excludes automatism. Intoxication generally excludes auto...
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3. Automatism
   [law] ==Definition== Automatism is a rarely used criminal defence. It is one of the mental condition defences that relate to the mental state of the defendant. Automatism can be seen variously as lack of voluntariness, lack of culpability (unconsciousness) or excuse (Schopp). Automatism mean...
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4. Automatism
   Physical activites (e.g., arm movements, writing, drawing, musical performance) that occur without the automatist's conscious control or knowledge. Also known as motor automatism. See also automatic writing, dissociation.
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5. Automatism
   Physical activites (e.g., arm movements, writing, drawing, musical performance) that occur without the automatist's conscious control or knowledge. Also known as motor automatism. See also automatic writing, dissociation.
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6. automatism
   [n] - any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)
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7. Automatism
   The central method of Surrealism. This movement was launched by the French poet André Breton, in the Manifesto of Surrealism published in Paris in 1924. He was strongly influenced by the ideas of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. Automatism is the same as free association, the method us...
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8. Automatism
   A condition in which actions are performed without consciousness
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9. Automatism
   Automatism: An unconscious movement that may resemble simple repetitive tics or may be a complex sequence of natural-looking movements. This curious type of behavior occurs in a number of neurological and psychiatric disorders. The neurologic disorders associated with automatisms include narcolepsy ...
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10. automatism
    any device or system which is self-acting or self-regulating and replaces or augments man in the sense of control Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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11. Automatism
    Au·tom'a·tism noun The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.
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12. automatism
    <neurology> A condition whereby an individual is consciously or unconsciously, but involuntarily, compelled to perform certain motor or verbal acts, often purposeless, foolish or harmful. ... Seen in psychomotor epilepsy, catatonic schizophrenia, psychogenic fugue, complex partial seizure, pos...
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13. automatism
    noun any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)
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14. automatism
    (aw-tom´ә-tiz-әm) aimless and apparently undirected behavior that is not under conscious control and is performed without conscious knowledge; seen in psychomotor epilepsy, catatonic schizophrenia, dissociative fugue, and other conditions. command automatism the performa...
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15. Automatism
    • (n.) The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.
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16. automatism
    (from the article `crime`) ...a verdict is very rare in those countries that recognize this defense. Another very rare condition that wholly exempts individuals from criminal ...
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17. automatism
    technique first used by Surrealist painters and poets to express the creative force of the unconscious in art.[3 related articles]
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18. automatism
    in spiritualism, the spontaneous performance of certain physical acts without the conscious control of the agent. In automatism a message is ...
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19. automatism
    (Gr. automatismos self-action) aimless and apparently undirected behaviour that is not under conscious control and is performed without conscious knowledge; seen in psychomotor epilepsy, catatonic schizophrenia, psychogenic fugue, and other conditions. Called also automatic behaviour.
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20. automatism
    automatism 1. Behavior that is not under the control of the will, as a reflexive response. 2. An apparently goal-directed activity that is not, in fact, under the conscious, voluntary control, of the subject (occurring in epilepsy, catatonia, and fugue states). This subject includes the performanc...
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21. Automatism
    (Gr. automatos, self-moving) (a) In metaphysics: Theory that animal and human organisms are automata, that is to say, are machines governed by the laws of physics and mechanics. Automatism, as propounded by Descartes, considered the lower animals to be pure automata (Letter to Henry More, 1649) and ...
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22. automatism
    Type: Term Pronunciation: aw-tom′ă-tizm Definitions: 1. The state of being independent of the will or of central innervation; applicable, for example, to the heart's action. 2. An epileptic attack consisting of stereotyped psychic, sensory, or motor phenomena carried out in a state of imp...
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23. automatism
    (medicine) Performance of actions without awareness or conscious intent. It is seen in sleep-walking and in some (relatively rare) psychotic states
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24. automatism
    (art) 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. Automatism was fundamental to surrealism, whose practitioners experimented with automatic writing and automatic dr...
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25. automatism
    Automatic or unconscious action. Employed by Surrealist writers and artists to allow unconscious ideas and feelings to be expressed.
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