Meet Matt Chaney. He's been diagnosed with pseudobulbar affect, a neurological condition which shows up in about one of three people with ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. The result? Uncontrollable fits of laughter and crying that strike as often as three or four times a day. Watch Matt's episodes from the outside, and from within an fMRI machine, as scientists try to figure out how emotions play out in the human brain.
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Major funding is provided by the National Science Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Foundation, and The Amgen Foundation. Additional support is provided by the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, Ann S. Bowers - The Robert Noyce Trust, the Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation, and the Vadasz Family Foundation.
