transition said:

my reading, is why I felt compelled to visit the forum…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilization_behavior
“Utilization behavior (UB) is a type of neurobehavioral phenomena that involves someone grabbing objects in view and starting the ‘appropriate’ behavior associated with it at an ‘inappropriate’ time. Patients exhibiting utilization behavior have difficulty resisting the impulse to operate or manipulate objects which are in their visual field and within reach. Characteristics of UB include unintentional, unconscious actions triggered by the immediate environment. The unpreventable excessive behavior has been linked to lesions in the frontal lobe. UB has also been referred to as “bilateral magnetic apraxia” and “hypermetamorphosis” “

Upon further reading, it suggests frontal lobe immaturity or damage, as seen in dementia or stroke patients. Very young children also do it.