The most frequent example of self-induced automatism is intoxication arising from the voluntary ingestion of alcohol or proscribed drugs. |
He said in cases of defence of amnesia or automatism, the court had to carefully scrutinise all evidence. |
I remember how Robert Motherwell didn't like the term abstract expressionism and preferred abstract automatism. |
Suppose that a discarnate spirit, in temporary possession of a living organism, is impelling it to motor automatisms. |
Six patients described an aura, and three were noted to have automatisms. |
To the student of automatisms, of course, all this irresistibly suggests the automatist's own subliminal handiwork. |