X-Message-Number: 2916 Date: 18 Jul 94 22:08:26 EDT From: Michael Riskin <> Subject: CRYONICS "Thinking" One portion of a mental status examination is concerned with the patients thinking. Thinking is further broken down into the following categories and sub-categories: THINKING Intellectual Functioning Consciousness Attention span Abstract thinking Calculation ability Intelligence Orientation Person Place Time Insight Accepts responsibility Blames others Judgment Management of daily activities Making reasonable life decisions Memory Immediate recall Recent Remote Thought content (This is a long list of such items as obsessions, compulsions, phobias, and delusions, as compared to "rational" thought content and process. Much has been written by cryonicists concerning the preservation of one's identity. Besides the retention of the subjective sense of self, I hope to reanimate with my thinking reasonably intact. Michael Riskin Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=2916