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Witzelsucht

Witzelsucht

Witzelsucht refers to excessive and inappropriate facetiousness or jocularity, a term coined in the 1890’s for one of the personality changes observed following frontal (especially orbitofrontal) lobe injury. This phenomenon may overlap with those described as moria or emotional lability.

 

Cross References

Emotionalism, Emotional lability; Frontal lobe syndromes; Moria