Talk:Neurocognitive deficit

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Source/Explanation
Anna says that she can "effectively lobotomize people around [her]." (Red Eye, Part 1).

I'm sorry, but no.

"Lobotomize" was CLEARLY a description she gave, since she still doesn't quite understand what her power is. This page is pretty ridiculous (the most glaring bit being that a "lobotomy" is a specific type of surgery) --Ricard Desi (t,c) 21:48, 24 December 2008 (EST)

• I don't agree with the split and it was not discussed on the mental manipulation page. See the discussion on Talk:Mental manipulation.--MiamiVolts (talk) 22:49, 24 December 2008 (EST)
  • Kill it. Psilaq Remake 23:14, 24 December 2008 (EST)
    • If it's the split that's the issue, that's one thing. I understand somebody started a discussion in a place that may not be the most intuitive (Talk:Anna). However, it wasn't the "wrong" place to start a discussion, and doesn't negate the fact that we just don't know that Anna and the Haitian have the same power. There are a lot of things that fit, and a few that don't fit exactly. But until it's confirmed, we shouldn't assume.

      If it's the name of the ability that's an issue, that's another deal. Let's look at some other possibilities. Are there other options? Is there anything else from the iStory or Red Eye, Part 1 we can use to name the ability? Mohinder describes the ability as being able to disorient sensory perception, motor commands, language skills, and even conscious thought. (I'm borrowing from Miami's excellent summary at talk:mental manipulation.) "Sensory perception disorientation" seems both unwieldy and too narrow. Would something simpler like "disorientation" work? I think we have enough information that we don't need to simply say "Anna's ability". -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 01:23, 25 December 2008 (EST)

      • At the absolute least the name is entirely wrong as she does not, in actuality, lobotomize anyone. She shuts down upper brain functions. On top of this, the description Mohinder gives sounds a lot like it can apply to mental manipulation just as easily. --Ricard Desi (t,c) 01:46, 25 December 2008 (EST)
      • I think merging the abilities without pointing anyone there was 'wrong'. I don't see why the term 'mental manipulation' doesn't fit her. Based on Mohinder's description, manipulation minds appears to me to be what she does and I haven't seen anyone suggest otherwise, just that we don't know for sure she has the Haitian's ability. I really think that should be irrelevant in naming her ability, but would we be able to compromise have the Haitian's ability be "mental manipulation (I)" and have hers be "mental manipulation (II)"? Isn't it clear that they are both forms of mental manipulation?

        Disorientation doesn't cut it as that doesn't really encompass all she can do. Mohinder's full quote:
        

        "[Anna] has a truly incredible ability to shut down the upper brain functions of those around her." "Her abilities have been known to affect and disorient sensory perception, motor commands, language skills, and even conscious thought."

        
        So she just doesn't disorient, she can presumably affect them in other ways.--MiamiVolts (talk) 01:52, 25 December 2008 (EST)
        • That's what Lobotomizing does so of course it would affect affect and disorient sensory perception, motor commands, language skills, and even conscious thought. Her ability is to shut down the upper brain functions. Mental manipulation can do much more than just shut down that part of the brain. Anna hasn't done anything else besides lobotomizing someone. Until she does something else it would be pure speculation that she has Mental manipulation that allows for much more to be done. --OutbackZack 02:00, 25 December 2008 (EST)
        • You're right, Miami, the term "mental manipulation" does fit Anna's ability. But we're not matching terms, we're matching abilities. We just don't know that Anna and the Haitian have the same ability. "Mental manipulation" also fits for describing what Candice does and what Doyle does. I have absolutely no problem calling Anna's ability "mental manipulation"...but there is a big problem in listing her and the Haitian on the same page as having the same ability. It's speculative. I suppose doing a parenthetical note would work...but so long as we're using the term for one person, I really don't like the idea of using it for somebody else to describe what might be a different power. Isn't there another term we could use? -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 02:00, 25 December 2008 (EST)
• Throwing my hat into the ring with these 2 cents; in It Takes a Village, Part 2, the Haitian does pretty much the same thing to his village when Guillame is beating him. He also is negating his father's ability, something Anna has not been shown to be able to do with her ability (I think Ricardo was able to use his ability whilst she was using hers, not sure on that). Take it for what you will. --SacValleyDweller (talk) 02:09, 25 December 2008 (EST)
  • Anna didn't want to use her ability on Red Eye, as she feels sorry that he lost his family and doesn't want to harm him.--MiamiVolts (talk) 02:13, 25 December 2008 (EST)
    • • • • Why does the Haitian get priority for the term over Anna, then? Shouldn't it be the other way around? We know that the Haitian can affect minds turning them into zombies, turn people unconscious and erase their memories, and we know all that deals with the mind. We are also saying he can block other's powers by affecting other people's minds, and that's speculative. For all we know, the Haitian blocks powers by blocking a person's ability to produce adrenaline. However, on the other hand, we have Anna who has done nothing but affect other people's minds. If we must separate them, I think the Haitian should be removed and have Anna be mental manipulation.--MiamiVolts (talk) 02:13, 25 December 2008 (EST)
  • I strongly believe the name should stay. What Anna said about her ability is now cannon and should be taken into account with naming her ability. No different than what we did for Ability supercharging. Also the term isn't at all wrong. All you have to do is do a search and right away you discover if fits. Here's an example. --OutbackZack 02:17, 25 December 2008 (EST)
    • Anna didn't outright name her own ability, she described it and so has Mohinder. Based on the descriptions, I favor Anna's ability as "mental manipulation". I like the term "neurocognitive deficit" as a narrower term for Anna's ability too. It was suggested previously for the Haitian's ability, but rejected due to speculation about how the ability blocking was performed. There is as-yet no such speculation in using the term to describe Anna's ability.--MiamiVolts (talk) 02:38, 25 December 2008 (EST)
      • Merge it back to Mental manipulation, this is not even close. Although knowing how things around here work, I won't be suprised if this stays it's own page for a few weeks.--Piemanmoo (talk) 02:45, 25 December 2008 (EST)
        • • • • • The term that she used to describe does indeed make for a proper name for her ability. Lobotomization is a real term that describes exactly what her ability does. Ability supercharging] is the the ability to supercharge other evolved human abilities, Appearance alteration is the ability ability to change one's appearance, Dream manipulation is the ability to manipulate dreams, Healing is the ability to heal others, Lie detection is the ability to detect lies. So it would make logical sense to to call Anna's ability Lobotomization because it's the ability to lobotomize others, and when you lobotomize someone you shut down the upper brain functions. --OutbackZack 02:51, 25 December 2008 (EST)
                  • Lobotomization is done by cutting the nerve's in a person's brain. We don't know if that's what she does. In fact, in chapter 3 of Operation Bad Blood, she had begun using her ability on the Pinehearst contractor but got stopped due to the eclipse and the player had no lasting brain damage. That tells me that it's likely not a simple cutting that her ability performs.--MiamiVolts (talk) 02:59, 25 December 2008 (EST)