@article{ref1,
title="Mirth and laughter elicited during brain stimulation",
journal="Epileptic disorders",
year="2011",
author="Fernández-Baca Vaca, Guadalupe and Lüders, Hans O. and Basha, Maysaa Merhi and Miller, Jonathan P.",
volume="13",
number="4",
pages="435-440",
abstract="There are few reports of laughter and/or mirth evoked by electrical stimulation of the brain. In this study, we present a patient with intractable epilepsy in whom mirth and laughter was consistently produced during stimulation of the left inferior frontal gyrus (opercular part) using stereotactically placed depth electrodes. A review of the literature shows that cortical sites that produce mirth when stimulated are located in the dominant hemisphere close to language areas or cortical negative motor areas.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1294-9361",
doi="10.1684/epd.2011.0480",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/epd.2011.0480"
}