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[On the problem of capability to act during mechanical suffocation (author's transl)]
Zeitschrift Fur Rechtsmedizin. Journal of Legal Medicine
|February 25, 1976
Summary
This study explores persistent "capability to act" during brain hypoxia after mechanical suffocation. Reflex-like stimulus-reaction connections or ingrained life-style impressions may explain these non-voluntary behaviors.
Area of Science:
- Forensic Pathology
- Neuroscience
- Physiology
Background:
- Mechanical suffocation can lead to brain hypoxia, characterized by insufficient blood perfusion.
- The phenomenon of persistent "capability to act" during such states presents a challenge to understanding human behavior at the end of life.
- Verbal expressions incompatible with the terminal situation after severe frontal lobe injury are also observed.