autonomic

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Neuroscientists call such coordinated movement and autonomic activity “interpersonal synchrony.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Some treatments focus on particular complications such as clotting, autonomic nervous system problems, and immune imbalance.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

Several other doctors have since told him that gabapentin is likely the cause of his condition, including a neuropsychiatrist who diagnosed him with severe dysautonomia, or impairment of the autonomic nervous system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

It's part of the autonomic nervous system, which controls things we don't think about, like breathing, heart rate and digestion.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

It is the most compulsively collective, genetically programmed, species-specific, and autonomic of all the things we do, and we are infallible at it.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas