Commentary on "Neural correlates of mirth and laughter: A direct electrical cortical stimulation study" by Yamao and colleagues

Cortex

Volumn 75, Issue , 2016, Pages 241-243

  McGettigan, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LAUGHTER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOTE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ELECTROTHERAPY; EMOTION; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84958670449     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.01.008     Document Type: Note

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