Humor and smiling: Cortical regions selective for cognitive, affective, and volitional components

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 887-893

  Wild, B ^a,c   Rodden, F A ^a   Rapp, A ^a   Erb, M ^a   Grodd, W ^a   Ruch, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMOR; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ORBITAL CORTEX; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEORECORDING; ADOLESCENT; ART; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN MAPPING; CARTOONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SMILING; VOLITION; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 33645817196     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000203123.68747.02     Document Type: Article

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