Ideomotor Response

Ideomotor reactions are involuntary movements that a person makes in his imagination. They are associated with ideas about future actions and can influence our behavior. Scientific research has shown that ideomotor reactions arise already in the first months of life and can be modified under the influence of experience. The article will discuss the concept of ideomotor reactions, their types and mechanisms of development, as well as their role in the formation of our behavior.

Ideomotor reactions are a term in psychology associated with imaginary bodily manipulations and behavioral acts. The term was introduced by the German psychophysiologist Carl Lange to explain one of the phenomena of perception. The ideomotor phenomenon is this: we can think about movement and feel it in advance - feel in advance a movement that has not yet begun. This