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Why is the #cerebellum (known for coordinating motor functions) also engaged in #cognition? @DiedrichsenJorn & Samuel McDougle investigate the problems that have made it so difficult to answer this question and outline strategies to make progress. #Neuroscience
https://plos.io/4sZvqY5

How does the cerebellum contribute to cognitive functions?

The role of the cerebellum in motor functions is well understood. But why is the same circuitry engaged in functions such as working memory, language, and social cognition? This Unsolved Mystery looks at the problems that have made it so difficult to answer this question and outlines strategies to make progress.

ScienceCommunicator Feb 15

Radiolab: Song of the #Cerebellum

Episode webpage: https://www.radiolab.org

Media file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/14/prfx.byspotify.com/e/dts.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/waaa.wnyc.org/758af4c0-a2c3-47ec-a2d8-05f41bfbde51/episodes/0a1600f7-8ae1-4031-b35d-be4e5f76044f/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=758af4c0-a2c3-47ec-a2d8-05f41bfbde51&awEpisodeId=0a1600f7-8ae1-4031-b35d-be4e5f76044f&feed=EmVW7VGp

#science #NueroScience #personality

Radiolab: Podcasts | WNYC Studios | Podcasts

Investigating a strange world.

Radiolab Podcasts | WNYC Studios

Scientific Frontline Jan 30

A methodology utilizing advanced artificial intelligence to decode and predict the activity of #genetic control elements in the developing #mammalian #cerebellum based on #DNA sequences.
#EvolutionaryBiology #Biology #Genetics #Neuroscience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ebio01302601.html

Using AI to Retrace the Evolution of Genetic Control Elements in the Brain

Genetic control elements are DNA sequences that determine where and when genes are switched on.

aproposnix Jan 23

#Neuroscience #LanguageProcessing #Cerebellum #ScienceNews

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cerebellum-brain-role-language

A spot in the base of the brain has a love of language

Brain scans show a spot in the cerebellum attuned specifically to words, expanding on studies that point to the region's importance for language.

Science News

Fabrizio Musacchio Jan 9

🧠 New preprint by Greenstreet, Geerts, Gallego, and Clopath on #MotorLearning across #cortex, #cerebellum, and #BasalGanglia.

Key idea: supervised learning builds a low-dimensional action embedding, and #ReinforcementLearning operates directly in this structured space. This explains generalization, interference, and striatal similarity patterns as geometric consequences, not add-ons.

🌍 https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.19.695526

#Neuroscience #CompNeuro #RL