Does the cerebellum play a part in cognitive processes?
Prats-Viñas, J.M.
Revista de Neurologia 31(4): 357-359
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0210-0010 PMID: 11008292 Document Number: 526078
OBJECTIVE AND DEVELOPMENT: We review the different cognitive and behaviour disorders in whose genesis the cerebellum has been thought to play a part. These disorders include infantile autism, Williams' syndrome, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and congenital cerebellar hypoplasia. We also consider the consequences of an acquired cerebellar lesion in the light of the following neuropsychological sequelas. It would seem that the cerebellum is involved in the functioning of the executive system due to its relationship with the prefrontal operative system and in the function of the working memory, and may share some of the characteristics of the acquired frontal syndrome.