Neural correlates of mirth and laughter: A direct electrical cortical stimulation study

Cortex

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 134-140

  Yamao, Yukihiro ^a   Matsumoto, Riki ^a   Kunieda, Takeharu ^a   Shibata, Sumiya ^a   Shimotake, Akihiro ^a   Kikuchi, Takayuki ^a   Satow, Takeshi ^b   Mikuni, Nobuhiro ^c   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^a   Ikeda, Akio ^a   Miyamoto, Susumu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGAHAMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal temporal language area; BTLA; Electrical cortical stimulation; EMG; ES; FMRI; HS; Laughter; MEP; Mesial temporal structure; Mirth; SMA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EMOTION; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LAUGHTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LAUGHTER; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939555094     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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