| dc.contributor.author |
Fonseka, C. |
en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned |
2014-10-29T09:18:41Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2014-10-29T09:18:41Z |
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| 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 |
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| dc.description |
Indexed in MEDLINE |
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| 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. |
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| dc.publisher |
Sri Lanka Medical Association |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
Amnesia-chemically induced |
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| dc.subject |
Amnesia-physiopathology |
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| dc.subject |
Brain-physiopathology |
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| dc.subject |
Drug Overdose |
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| dc.subject |
Pentobarbital-poisoning |
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| dc.subject |
Philosophy, Medical |
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| dc.subject |
Suicide, Attempted |
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| dc.title |
Are all brain functions computable? |
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| dc.type |
Case Report |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.department |
Physiology |
en_US |
| dc.creator.corporateauthor |
Sri Lanka Medical Association |
en_US |