Experiencing and detecting happiness in humans: the role of the supplementary motor area.
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.
Krolak-Salmon
Pierre
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Hôpital Neurologique, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69003 Lyon, France. pierre.krolak-salmon@chu-lyon.fr
Hénaff
Marie-Anne
MA
Vighetto
Alain
A
Bauchet
Françoise
F
Bertrand
Olivier
O
Mauguière
François
F
Isnard
Jean
J
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