Редактирование: Whole brain emulation (раздел)

=== Loss of Instantaneous State ===

Every realistic method to scan brain tissue at a decent resolution deals only with structure, not continuous activity. Whatever information is stored as a pattern of brain activity instead of structure (Such as working memory) will be destroyed by the process. Information stored in the instantaneous state of neurons (Ion concentrations across membranes, synaptic vesicle depletion, and neurotransmitters in motion) would be lost. The most likely consequence would be memory loss up to some amount of time prior to the scanning.

Cases where people have woken up from long periods of electrocerebral silence prove that instantaneous brain activity is not required for the long term maintenance of personal identity<ref>Elixson, 1991</ref>.