Consensus paper: cerebellum and social cognition

F Van Overwalle, M Manto, Z Cattaneo, S Clausi… - The Cerebellum, 2020 - Springer
The traditional view on the cerebellum is that it controls motor behavior. Although recent
work has revealed that the cerebellum supports also nonmotor functions such as cognition …

The basal ganglia and the cerebellum in human emotion

JE Pierce, J Péron - Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The basal ganglia (BG) and the cerebellum historically have been relegated to a functional
role in producing or modulating motor output. Recent research, however, has emphasized …

The posterior crus II cerebellum is specialized for social mentalizing and emotional self-experiences: a meta-analysis

F Van Overwalle, Q Ma… - Social cognitive and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This meta-analysis explores the role of the posterior cerebellum Crus I/II in social
mentalizing. We identified over 200 functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies …

[HTML][HTML] Little brain, little minds: The big role of the cerebellum in social development

IR Olson, LJ Hoffman, KR Jobson, HS Popal… - Developmental Cognitive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Seminal work in the 1990's found alterations in the cerebellum of individuals with social
disorders including autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia. In neurotypical …

Adaptive prediction for social contexts: the cerebellar contribution to typical and atypical social behaviors

CJ Stoodley, PT Tsai - Annual review of neuroscience, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Social interactions involve processes ranging from face recognition to understanding others'
intentions. To guide appropriate behavior in a given context, social interactions rely on …

The sequencing process generated by the cerebellum crucially contributes to social interactions

F Van Overwalle, M Manto, M Leggio… - Medical …, 2019 - Elsevier
The capacity to understand another person's emotions, intentions, beliefs and personality
traits, based on observed or communicated behaviors, is termed social cognition. During the …

Modulating mental state recognition by anodal tDCS over the cerebellum

S Clausi, M Lupo, G Funghi, A Mammone, M Leggio - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Increasing evidence from neuroimaging and clinical studies has demonstrated cerebellar
involvement in social cognition components, including the mentalizing process. The aim of …

The involvement of the posterior cerebellum in reconstructing and predicting social action sequences

F Van Overwalle, M Pu, Q Ma, M Li, N Haihambo… - The Cerebellum, 2021 - Springer
Recent advances in social neuroscience have highlighted the critical role of the cerebellum
and especially the posterior cerebellar Crus in social mentalizing (ie, theory of mind) …

How social is the cerebellum? Exploring the effects of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation on the prediction of social and physical events

V Oldrati, E Ferrari, N Butti, Z Cattaneo… - Brain Structure and …, 2021 - Springer
Congenital or acquired cerebellum alterations are associated with a complex pattern of
motor, cognitive and social disorders. These disturbances may reflect the involvement of the …

Cerebellar contribution to emotional body language perception: a TMS study

C Ferrari, A Ciricugno, C Urgesi… - Social cognitive and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Consistent evidence suggests that the cerebellum contributes to the processing of emotional
facial expressions. However, it is not yet known whether the cerebellum is recruited when …