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Consensus Paper: Cerebellum and Social Cognition.

  • Van Overwalle F Department of Psychology and Center for Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium. Frank.VanOverwalle@vub.ac.be.
  • Manto M Mediathèque Jean Jacquy, Service de Neurologie, CHU-Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium.
  • Cattaneo Z University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126, Milan, Italy.
  • Clausi S Ataxia Laboratory, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00179, Rome, Italy.
  • Ferrari C University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
  • Gabrieli JDE McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.
  • Guell X McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.
  • Heleven E Department of Psychology and Center for Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Lupo M Ataxia Laboratory, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00179, Rome, Italy.
  • Ma Q Department of Psychology and Center for Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Michelutti M Service de Neurologie & Neuroscape@NeuroTech Platform, Département des Neurosciences Cliniques, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Service de Neurologie Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Olivito G Ataxia Laboratory, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00179, Rome, Italy.
  • Pu M Department of Psychology and Center for Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Rice LC Department of Psychology and Department of Neuroscience, American University, Washington, DC, USA.
  • Schmahmann JD Ataxia Unit, Cognitive Behavioral Neurology Unit, Laboratory for Neuroanatomy and Cerebellar Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Siciliano L Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
  • Sokolov AA Service de Neurologie & Neuroscape@NeuroTech Platform, Département des Neurosciences Cliniques, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Service de Neurologie Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Stoodley CJ Department of Psychology and Department of Neuroscience, American University, Washington, DC, USA.
  • van Dun K Neurologic Rehabilitation Research, Rehabilitation Research Institute (REVAL), Hasselt University, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
  • Vandervert L American Nonlinear Systems, 1529 W. Courtland Avenue, Spokane, WA, 99205-2608, USA.
  • Leggio M Ataxia Laboratory, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00179, Rome, Italy.
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  • 2020-07-08
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  • Cerebellum (London, England). - 2020
English 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 and affect, only during the last 5 years it has become evident that the cerebellum also plays an important social role. This role is evident in social cognition based on interpreting goal-directed actions through the movements of individuals (social "mirroring") which is very close to its original role in motor learning, as well as in social understanding of other individuals' mental state, such as their intentions, beliefs, past behaviors, future aspirations, and personality traits (social "mentalizing"). Most of this mentalizing role is supported by the posterior cerebellum (e.g., Crus I and II). The most dominant hypothesis is that the cerebellum assists in learning and understanding social action sequences, and so facilitates social cognition by supporting optimal predictions about imminent or future social interaction and cooperation. This consensus paper brings together experts from different fields to discuss recent efforts in understanding the role of the cerebellum in social cognition, and the understanding of social behaviors and mental states by others, its effect on clinical impairments such as cerebellar ataxia and autism spectrum disorder, and how the cerebellum can become a potential target for noninvasive brain stimulation as a therapeutic intervention. We report on the most recent empirical findings and techniques for understanding and manipulating cerebellar circuits in humans. Cerebellar circuitry appears now as a key structure to elucidate social interactions.
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