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doi: 10.1016/0166-2236(93)90072-t.
Cognitive and language functions of the human cerebellum
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Cognitive and language functions of the human cerebellum
Trends Neurosci.
1993 Nov.
Abstract
Traditionally, the human cerebellum has been regarded as a motor mechanism, but this view of its function is being challenged by a growing body of data on the non-motor functions of the cerebellum. Some of these data are presented in this article, which reviews neuroanatomical, neuroimaging and behavioral reports of cerebellar involvement in cognitive and language functions. The article proposes that this functional expansion is a consequence of specific cerebellar structural changes that evolved during hominid evolution and that could have been a prerequisite for the evolution of human language.
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Movement and thought: identical control mechanisms by the cerebellum.Trends Neurosci. 1993 Nov;16(11):448-50; discussion 453-4. doi: 10.1016/0166-2236(93)90073-u. Trends Neurosci. 1993. PMID: 7507615 Review. No abstract available.
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Motor skills but not cognitive tasks.Trends Neurosci. 1993 Nov;16(11):450-1; discussion 453-4. doi: 10.1016/0166-2236(93)90074-v. Trends Neurosci. 1993. PMID: 7507616 Review. No abstract available.
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'Involvement in' versus 'storage of'.Trends Neurosci. 1993 Nov;16(11):451-2; discussion 453-4. doi: 10.1016/0166-2236(93)90075-w. Trends Neurosci. 1993. PMID: 7507617 Review. No abstract available.
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