any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)
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Insanity, automatism, mistake and self defence operate as defences to any offence.
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He was still convicted because automatism did not exist on the facts.
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Surrealist automatism is different from mediumistic automatism, from which the term was inspired.
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The familiar and laborious ritual of rote-learning is transformed into a blend of digital automatism.
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Other influences on his dripping technique include the Mexican muralists and Surrealist automatism.
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In Canada, Marcelle Ferron was an exponent of automatism.
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The blog automatism clued me in to that fact.
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However, this will normally only arise to negate the defence case when automatism or diminished responsibility is in issue.
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It is doubtful that a jury would have accepted a defence of automatism, but nonetheless the issue should have been left to them.
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- Any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)
- 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". ...
- 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. ...
- 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. ...
- 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. ...
- 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
- (Automatisms) purposeless automatic movements that accompany a complex partial seizure, such as smacking the lips, chewing, or picking at the clothes.
- (automatisms) strange, repetitious behaviors that occur during a seizure. Automatisms may include blinks, twitches, mouth movements, or even walking in a circle.
- Automatic or unconscious action. Employed by Surrealist writers and artists to allow unconscious ideas and feelings to be expressed.
