The planchette moves thanks to something called the ideomotor effect.

通灵板移动是由于意念效应。

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

一个相关思考理念是威廉姆詹姆斯提出来。叫做动念动作。

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

动念动作就是在我们没有注意到且无意识情况下活动。

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.

詹姆斯和其他人认为，这个想法引出运动动作，所以它被称为“动念动作”——一个引出运动活动主意。

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交流只不过是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答案。