The cerebellum: Its role in language and related cognitive and affective functions

Brain and Language

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-342

  De Smet, Hyo Jung ^a   Paquier, Philippe ^a,b   Verhoeven, Jo ^c,d   Mariën, Peter ^a,c,e  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c VLAC (Vlaams Academisch Centrum)   (Belgium)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ZNA Middelheim ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Affective regulation; Behavior; Cerebellum; Language; Review

Indexed keywords

AKINETIC MUTISM; ALEXIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLAR COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE SYNDROME; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; PHONETICS; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA SYNDROME; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEMANTICS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL MEMORY; THALAMUS;

AFFECTIVE REGULATION; BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM; LANGUAGE; REVIEW;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE;

EID: 84888045474     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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