Mirth and laughter elicited by electrical stimulation of the human anterior cingulate cortex

Cortex

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 323-331

  Caruana, Fausto ^a,b   Avanzini, Pietro ^b,c   Gozzo, Francesca ^d   Francione, Stefano ^d   Cardinale, Francesco ^d   Rizzolatti, Giacomo ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Emotional expression; Facial expression; Pregenual ACC; Smile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LAUGHTER; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939626731     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.07.024     Document Type: Article

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