Neurocognitive Deficit

Neurocognitive Deficit
Naminé (Kingdom Hearts) severs the memory chains within the Riku Replica's heart, essentially shutting down his mind.
Power/Ability to:	Shut down upper brain functions of a living organism.

The ability to shut down a person's brain functions. Sub-power of Mental Manipulation and Psionic Inundation.

Also Called

• Brain Asphyxiation
• Mental Overload/Shutdown
• Mind Freeze
• Neuro Shutdown
• Neuropsychology

Capabilities

The user can attack a target mentally and cause their upper brain functions to shut down temporarily or permanently, causing anything from pain to incapacitation to unconsciousness to outright brain death.

Applications

• Catatonia Inducement
• Coma Inducement
• Death Inducement
• Disabling
• Sedation Inducement
• Sleep Inducement
• Unconsciousness Inducement

Associations

• Blood Removal
• Confusion Inducement
• Consciousness State Inducement
• Electricity Manipulation
• Incapacitation Inducement
• Mental Manipulation
• Nerve Manipulation
• Pain Inducement
• Telepathy

Limitations

• If done through psychic methods, users of Psychic Shield (highly resistant) and Psychic Immunity (impervious).
• May be limited on how many targets at a time, even one at a time or a certain time.
• May have long-term, if not fatal, effects on a target.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Orsonians (Cat Planet Cuties)
• Hei (Darker than Black)
• Ilya Sokoloff (Darker than Black)
• Invel Yura (Fairy Tail)
• Gowther (Nanatsu no Taizai)
• Users of Haoshoku/Conqueror's Haki (One Piece)

Cartoons/Comics

• Tarrlok (Avatar: The Legend of Korra); via Blood Manipulation
• J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
• Banshee (Marvel Comics)
  • Sean Cassidy
  • Theresa Cassidy
• Rachel Summers (Earth-811) (Marvel Comics)
• Charles Xavier/Professor X (Marvel Comics)

Live Television/Movies

• Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Anna Korolenko (Heroes)
• René/The Haitian (Heroes)
• Lucy (Lucy)
• Kelvans (Star Trek)
• Bonnie Bennett (The Vampire Diaries)
• Sybil (The Vampire Diaries)

Literature

• Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus (Star Wars)

Video Games

• Terumi Yuuki (BlazBlue)
• Naminé (Kingdom Hearts)
• Huang Long (Valkyrie Crusade)

Known Objects

• Bell of Ruin (Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney)
• O.D./Overload Device (Surrogates)

Gallery

Tarrlok (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)

A victim of Ilya Sokoloff's (Darker than Black) ability.

Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)

Invel Yura (Fairy Tail) uses Ice Slave by creating Ice objects that have different effects such as mind bending.

The Haitian (Heroes) uses Mind Manipulation to shut down the upper brain functions.

Anna Korolenko (Heroes) uses her ability here to shut down a person's mind ...

...and here on two frenzied guards to protect Claire Bennet.

Shanks (One Piece) uses Haoshoku/Conqueror's Haki to knock out a few members of the Whitebeard Pirates.

Silvers Rayleigh (One Piece) uses Haoshoku/Conqueror's Haki to knock out a giant elephant.

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) uses Haoshoku/Conqueror's Haki to knock out an angry mob attacking him.

Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) uses his Haoshoku/Conqueror's Haki to subjugate annoying Beast Pirates around him.

Huang Long's (Valkyrie Crusade) presence can cause others to faint.

Bonnie Bennett (The Vampire Diaries) uses her magic to burst the blood vessels in her enemies' brains, disabling them.

Charles Xavier/Professor X (Marvel Comics)