title: Experiencing and detecting happiness in humans: the role of the supplementary motor area.
abstract: Understanding emotions in others may involve neural structures implicated in both perception and action.1 Laughter is a socially important behavior and its neural correlates are poorly understood. Depth electrode electrophysiological techniques offer a rare opportunity to both record and stimulate neural structures involved in emotion processing. (2,3) This kind of direct electrophysiological investigation in humans is particularly determinant because laughter processing cannot be studied in animals.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Neurologique, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69003 Lyon, France. pierre.krolak-salmon@chu-lyon.fr
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krolak-Salmon
authors.forename: Marie-Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hénaff
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vighetto
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bauchet
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mauguière
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Isnard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D007845:Laughter / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male