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automatic
1. 
a. (of a device, mechanism, etc.) able to activate, move, or regulate itself
b. (of an act or process) performed by such automatic equipment
2. (of the action of a muscle, gland, etc.) involuntary or reflex
3. a motor vehicle having automatic transmission
4. a machine that operates automatically

automatic [¦ȯd·ə¦mad·ik]
(engineering)
Having a self-acting mechanism that performs a required act at a predetermined time or in response to certain conditions.
(ordnance)


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37,44,45) When the basal ganglia are dysfunctional, as in PD, automaticity of movement is compromised and there is greater reliance on frontal-lobe attentional mechanisms to control movements.
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The teacher designed this activity to promote automaticity (high rates of errorless response).
 
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