Are all brain functions computable?

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dc.contributor.authorFonseka, C.en_US
dc.creator.corporateauthorSri Lanka Medical Associationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-29T09:18:41Z
dc.date.available2014-10-29T09:18:41Z
dc.date.issued2000en_US
dc.descriptionIndexed in MEDLINE
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Whether the human brain is nothing but an advanced computer is a matter of inconclusive debate. This paper contributes to that debate. METHOD: Critical reasoning based on evidence provided by the history of a woman who complained of amnesia after each of two separate acts of attempted suicide. FINDINGS: A life-threatening tendency (suicidal impulses) may be countered by a functional imperfection (selective amnesia) or a feigned malfunction (malingering). INTERPRETATION: Some aspects of brain function may depend on operations that no hitherto invented computer can duplicate.
dc.identifier.citationThe Ceylon Medical Journal. 2000; 45(4): pp.156-157en_US
dc.identifier.departmentPhysiologyen_US
dc.identifier.issn0009-0875 (Print)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1437
dc.publisherSri Lanka Medical Associationen_US
dc.subjectAmnesia-chemically induced
dc.subjectAmnesia-physiopathology
dc.subjectBrain-physiopathology
dc.subjectDrug Overdose
dc.subjectPentobarbital-poisoning
dc.subjectPhilosophy, Medical
dc.subjectSuicide, Attempted
dc.titleAre all brain functions computable?en_US
dc.typeCase Reporten_US

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