Illustration showing how an electrode was inserted into the cingulum bundle. Source: From Bijanki et al., Journal of Clinical Investigation (2019); Courtesy of American Society for Clinical ...
Brain surgery is normally no laughing matter, but now neuroscientists at Emory University may have found a way to make it so. The team discovered that electrically stimulating a brain region known as ...
Neuroscientists have discovered a focal pathway in the brain that when electrically stimulated causes immediate laughter, followed by a sense of calm and happiness, even during awake brain surgery.
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