automatism

noun5

1. •
   Automatic or involuntary action.
2. •
   An action performed subconsciously, without any apparent direction from the mind; a thought which appears spontaneously in one's consciousness.
3. •
   A surrealist painting technique whereby one attempts to move the brush, pen etc. without conscious control over it.
4. •
   The power of initiating vital processes from within the cell, organ, or organism, independent of external stimulus.
5. •
   The doctrine that all living beings are entirely controlled by physical or physiological causes, where consciousness is a noncontrolling accessory.