Talk:Dysnomia (disorder)

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[edit] Not a Disease

Dysnomia is not a disease; it's a dysfunction (like dyslexia). The dysnomial brain is not suffering from any kind of ill effects caused by bacterial or viral infection, or (so far as we know) by an auto-immune disorder, or an other source of disease. As an organic problem, dysnomia is simply an activity of the mind that does not function the way it should do.

As with all dysfunctions, of course, dysnomia can be caused as an effect of disease, but the default entry for dysnomia should assume the topic is organic dysnomia unless there is reason to think their is some outside cause.

For the reasons noted, I recommend the title of the article be changed from "Dysnomia (disease)" to "Dysnomia (dysfunction)". 172.192.182.5 16:23, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I have moved the article to Dysnomia (memory). This seems appropriate to me. Grandmasterka 06:55, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

...And again to Dysnomia (disorder). This makes more sense than "dysfunction" or "memory" I think. Grandmasterka 07:02, 16 November 2006 (UTC)