Like, say if you're tapping your hand on the table, and you don't even notice until you look over and see yourself doing it?
2007-01-30 04:35:26 · 9 answers · asked by My Name 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I call it "automatic pilot" myself
2007-01-30 06:21:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think I'd call it an unconscious habit, or a reflexive habit. Smoking is particularly nasty that way! For example, the phone rings and the person lights a cigarette. It's as if a particular behavior is associated in your mind with a particular stimulus.
2007-01-30 12:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by Mooseles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Involuntary; Subliminal.
2007-02-03 09:32:37 · answer #3 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignorant.
2007-01-30 12:43:03 · answer #4 · answered by prizefyter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inadvertently.
2007-01-30 12:42:07 · answer #5 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A nervous tick.
2007-01-30 12:43:12 · answer #6 · answered by Robster01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unconscious behavior?
Nervous tic?
Nervous habit?
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2007-01-30 12:41:06 · answer #7 · answered by Martha E 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Subconciously.
subconscious and uncouscious mean pretty much the same thing.
check: www.dictionary.com
2007-01-30 12:58:43 · answer #8 · answered by wayne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spacing or vegging
2007-01-30 14:37:14 · answer #9 · answered by paula0005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋