A synthesis of the role of the cerebellum in cognition

摘要: Background: Traditional neurological tenets posit that the cerebellum coordinates skilled voluntary movements, and controls motor tone, posture, gait. However, anatomical, clinical, neuroimaging studies conducted over past decades have shown is implicated in diverse higher cognitive functions, such as language, memory, visuospatial skills, executive thought modulation, emotional regulation of behaviour. Address correspondence to: Prof. Dr Philippe F. Paquier, Service de Neurologie, Hopital Universitaire Erase, 808 route Lennik, B‐1070 Bruxelles, Belgium. Email: ppaquier@ulb.ac.be Aims: To provide an introductory overview recently acknowledged role a number processes, with special emphasis on its implication speech language functions. Main Contribution: The plays disorders not limited to (ataxic) dysarthria, but also encompasses mutism possibly apraxia speech. Cere...