ideomotor activity

movement, in some cases elaborate, related to ongoing thoughts but produced without volition. Ideomotor activity explains a variety of phenomena, including gestures during conversations. Also called ideomotor action. [first identified in 1852 by British physiologist and psychologist William Benjamin Carpenter (1813–1885)]

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5-HTTLPR

abbreviation for serotonin transporter–linked polymorphism region. See serotonin transporter.