Of these ideomotor phenomena physical exercises, games, manual trades, readily furnish instances.
This is known as ideomotor action and is present in the waking as well as the hypnotic state.
Good examples of ideomotor action can be observed among the audience at an athletic contest.
ideomotor i·de·o·mo·tor (ī'dē-ə-mō'tər, ĭd'ē-)
adj.
Of or relating to an unconscious or involuntary bodily movement made in response to a thought or an idea rather than to a sensory stimulus.
