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dc.contributor.author | Fonseka, C. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-29T09:18:41Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-29T09:18:41Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The Ceylon Medical Journal. 2000; 45(4): pp.156-157 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0009-0875 (Print) | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1437 | - |
dc.description | Indexed in MEDLINE | - |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: 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.publisher | Sri Lanka Medical Association | en_US |
dc.subject | Amnesia-chemically induced | - |
dc.subject | Amnesia-physiopathology | - |
dc.subject | Brain-physiopathology | - |
dc.subject | Drug Overdose | - |
dc.subject | Pentobarbital-poisoning | - |
dc.subject | Philosophy, Medical | - |
dc.subject | Suicide, Attempted | - |
dc.title | Are all brain functions computable? | en_US |
dc.type | Case Report | en_US |
dc.identifier.department | Physiology | en_US |
dc.creator.corporateauthor | Sri Lanka Medical Association | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | Journal/Magazine Articles |
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