The planchette moves thanks to something called the ideomotor effect.

通灵板的移动由于意念效应。

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

一个相关的思考理念威廉姆詹姆来的。叫做动念动。

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

动念动在我们没有注意到且无意识的情况下产生的活动。

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.

詹姆和其他人认为，这个想法引运动动，所以它被称为“动念动”——一个引运动活动的主意。

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潜意识利用意念运动效应来推动占卜板并给我们正在寻找的答案。