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dual consciousness

dual consciousness Dual consciousness is a historical term for a marked split between two states of awareness or personality, especially described in relation to somnambulism.

Dual consciousness is a historical term for a marked split between two states of awareness or personality, especially described in relation to somnambulism. In this older usage, a person could appear rational in the second state yet have different memory and self-experience across the two states, with the condition viewed as a complete form of somnambulism.