Automatic behavior
SPONTANEOUS VERBAL OR MOTOR BEHAVIOR
Automatism (medical); Automatic behaviour; Automatic behaviors; Motor behavior
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. This condition can be observed in a variety of contexts, including schizophrenia, psychogenic fugue, epilepsy (in complex partial seizures and Jacksonian seizures), narcolepsy, or in response to a traumatic event.