epiphenomenal

  1. Adjective.  Being of secondary consequence to a causal chain of processes, but playing no causal role in the process of interest.Huettel, ''Function Magnetic Imaging'', 2004..
  2. Adjective.  (philosophy, psychology) Of or pertaining to a mental process which occurs only as an incidental effect of electrical or chemical activity in the brain or nervous system.

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