The planchette moves thanks to something called the ideomotor effect.

通灵板的移是由于意念效应。

A related concept of thinking was developed by William James. It's called ideomotor action.

一个相关的思理念是威廉姆詹姆斯提出来的。叫做念作。

Ideomotor action is an activity that occurs without our noticing it, without our being aware of it.

念作就是在我们没有注意到且无意识的情况下产生的。

James and others said that this is an idea leading to a motor action, and that's why it's called “ideomotor action” —an idea leads to motor activity.

詹姆斯和其他人认为，这个想法引出运作，所以它被称为“念作”——一个引出运的主意。

Today, skeptics claim that ouija board communications are nothing more than the subconscious mind using the ideomotor effect to push the planchette around and give us the answers we are seeking.

今天，怀疑论者声称通灵板的交流只不过是潜意识利用意念运效应来推占卜板并给我们正在寻找的答案。