Beyond motor deficits, spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) patients also suffer cognitive decline
and show socio-affective difficulties, negatively impacting on their social functioning. The …

Functional, structural, and cytoarchitectural differences in the cerebellum are consistently
reported in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Despite this, the mechanisms governing …

The role of the posterior cerebellum in social cognition is well established; however, it is still
unclear whether different cerebellar subregions contribute to different social cognitive …

Increasing evidence from neuroimaging and clinical studies has demonstrated cerebellar
involvement in social cognition components, including the mentalizing process. The aim of …

Objective Cerebellar neurodegenerative disorders (CDs) are a heterogeneous group of
disorders. It is known that the cerebellum plays a role not only in motor, but also in cognitive …

Highlights•Emotion recognition and theory of mind are impaired in hereditary
ataxias.•Impairment is independent of the motor, cognitive, or neuropsychiatric …

In recent years, structural and functional alterations in the cerebellum have been reported in
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Intriguingly, recent studies demonstrated that the social …

Social prediction is a key feature of social cognition (SC), a function in which the modulating
role of the cerebellum is recognized. Accordingly, cerebellar alterations are reported in …

Neurocognitive research on social concepts underscores their reliance on fronto-temporo-
limbic regions mediating broad socio-cognitive skills. Yet, the field has neglected another …

Accumulating evidence suggests that the cerebellum plays a crucial role not only in the
motor and cognitive domains but also in emotions and social behavior. In the present …