Exploring emotions using invasive methods: Review of 60 years of human intracranial electrophysiology

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1880-1889

  Guillory, Sean A ^a   Bujarski, Krzysztof A ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; emotion; epilepsy; microelectrodes; social; stimulation; Electrophysiology; Intracranial; Laughter; Mirth

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 84928673505     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu002     Document Type: Review

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