The cerebellum, historically linked only to motor control, is now recognized as a vital hub for executive function, emotion, and social cognition. Through ...

In a recent publication in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Professor Frank Van Overwalle, from the Brain, Body and Cognition research group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), sheds light on the ...

People often worry about their brains aging, focusing only on the cerebrum related to memory and dementia. However, the ...

The cerebellum, long regarded primarily as a centre for motor coordination and learning, is now recognised as a fundamental node in networks that underpin higher cognitive processes and emotional ...

If you reward a monkey with some juice, it will learn which hand to move in response to a specific visual cue – but only if the cerebellum is functioning properly. So say neuroscientists at the ...

If you reward a monkey with some juice, it will learn which hand to move in response to a specific visual cue—but only if the cerebellum is functioning properly. So say neuroscientists at the ...

The cerebellum plays a role in prefrontal cortex (PFC) function and cognition. How chronic and progressive cerebellar dysfunction impacts PFC function and cognition remains less understood.

The cerebellum, long recognised for its role in motor coordination, is increasingly implicated in the cognitive and affective disturbances of schizophrenia. Rather than operating in isolation, the ...

It's understandable why so many people overlook the cerebellum (Latin for "little brain") when thinking about our ability to interpret other people's actions and read body language. Until the late ...

When a 22-year-old college student turned up at a hospital after falling on ice and hitting her head, doctors conducted a CT scan that revealed a surprise: a tumor in her cerebellum, the fist-size ...