title: Are all brain functions computable?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Whether the human brain is nothing but an advanced computer is a matter of inconclusive debate. This paper contributes to that debate.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A life-threatening tendency (suicidal impulses) may be countered by a functional imperfection (selective amnesia) or a feigned malfunction (malingering).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Some aspects of brain function may depend on operations that no hitherto invented computer can duplicate.
authors: University of Kelaniya.
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authors: Fonseka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000647:Amnesia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D062787:Drug Overdose; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000506:poisoning*; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D010424:Pentobarbital