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Electrical stimulation of the cingulate elicits involuntary singing
Author(s) -
Bujarski Krzysztof,
Martin Cathy,
Jobst Barbara,
Roberts David,
Connolly Andy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
epileptic disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.673
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1950-6945
pISSN - 1294-9361
DOI - 10.1684/epd.2019.1096
Subject(s) - stimulation , psychology , audiology , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , medicine
ABSTRACT Human neural networks important for singing have not been clearly elucidated. Here, we present a case of electrical brain stimulation of the right non‐language dominant cingulate gyrus during brain surgery for epilepsy which resulted in involuntary singing of spoken language. We postulate that the current observation provides the strongest evidence as of yet that the cingulate gyrus is directly involved in voluntary motor control of singing. [ Published with video sequence ].