Cerebellar Contribution to Social Cognition

Cerebellum

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 732-743

  Hoche, Franziska ^a   Guell, Xavier ^a   Sherman, Janet C ^a   Vangel, Mark G ^b   Schmahmann, Jeremy D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome; Cerebellum; Dysmetria of thought; Emotion attribution; Social cognition; Social perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COMPLEX CEREBROCEREBELLAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTION ATTRIBUTION; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; COMPLICATION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMPATHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SKILLS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947554168     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-015-0746-9     Document Type: Article

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