automatic response

• reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
• instinctInnate behavioral tendency
• knee-jerkInstinctive and unconsidered
• reactionResponse to stimulus
• triggerWhat initiates action

stimulus · conditioned · Pavlov · impulse · habit · involuntary · muscle memory · flinch · blink · startle · autopilot · robotic · mechanical · programmed · default · hardwired · gut · snap

• instinctsinstinct, survival instinct, survival instincts, maternal instinct, gut instinct
• reflexesreflex, reflexes, reflex action, reflex response, quick reflexes
• Conditioningconditioning, classical conditioning, operant, reinforcement, stimulus
• Hypnosishypnotist, hypnotherapist, trance state, trance states, autohypnosis
• autopilotautopilot, autothrottle, flight director, autoland, pitch control