TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Are all brain functions computable?
JO  - Ceylon medical journal
A1  - Fonseka, C.
SP  - 156
EP  - 157
VL  - 45
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-0875
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/cmj.v45i4.6574
ID  - ref1
ER  -