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pseudoconscious en · ADJ

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Etymology

From pseudo- + conscious.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Seemingly or nearly conscious but not truly so; said of processes within the human mind, of people, of software, or of machines running software.
   • "Are you all right?" I ask my pseudoconscious neighbor. He doesn't respond, and now he's not moving at all. I check to make sure he's breathing and give his shoulder a little shove. His head snaps up as if lever-operated. "Beeeautiful, man." He smiles at me with closed eyes. "Everyshing's good." 2000 July 26, Emma Trelles, “I want a new drug. Orlando area news”, in Orlando Weekly, retrieved 21 May 2023:
   • This can be an unconscious or pseudoconscious process. 2008, William A. Hewlett, “Chapter 21: Obsessive–compulsive disorder”, in Michael H. Ebert, Peter T. Loosen, Barry Nurcombe, James F. Leckman, editors, Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Psychiatry (Current series), 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN:
   • The great problem with differentiating pseudoconscious from conscious machines is that operational definitions of criteria for "true" consciousness are elusively difficult to achieve, as Erik Hoel, one of various experts in that field, has explored expositorily for nonexperts.
   • investigating unconscious or pseudoconscious processes in psychology
   • This fentanyl/N2O combination created a pseudoconscious level of metabolism (Åkeson et al, 1992). After approximately 30 mins on this anesthetic combination, three successive intravenous injections of pentobarbital (5, 10, and 30 mg/kg) were administered at 30 min intervals. 2006, KM Tichauer, JA Hadway, TY Lee, KS St Lawrence, “Measurement of cerebral oxidative metabolism with near-infrared spectroscopy: a validation study”, in J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, volume 26, number 5, →DOI, →PMID, pages 722–730:

Forms

Coordinates

pseudosentient · pseudosentience

Relateds

pseudoconsciousness · pseudoconscience · unconsciousness · unconscious