Behavioral Changes During Intracerebral Electrical Stimulation

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to describe the behavioral phenomena which occurred during electrical stimulation at various sites in the frontotemporal region * of the brain of an individual patient. Much of the literature pertaining to problems of the neural correlates of behavior has recently been summarized and commented upon.⁵More specifically pertinent to this study were the demonstrations by various workers † of the correlations in animals between functions of the frontotemporal region and the expression of emotions and complex behavior related to feeding and sexual activity. Also, it has been demonstrated that "fear-like" reactions which could be elicited by stimulation of various areas in or related to this region had some properties of "real" emotions in that they entered into motivating and establishing learning.‡ The behavior experimentally elicited in animals seemed both complex and integrated. Consequently, there arose the question of whether and in what manner such