ReviewNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2018
Current perspectives on the cerebellum and reading development.
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- The reading brain - Transforming vision into language.Progress in neurobiology · 2026Review
- Combined accelerated theta burst stimulation and reading instruction for the treatment of persistent developmental dyslexia: methodology and preliminary findings.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Established and Emergent Reading Skills in Adults with Cerebellar Stroke: Evidence of Phonological Alexia.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2025Article
- Neural Mechanisms Underlying Reading Impairment in Children Learning a Second Language: A Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- New Perspectives on Non-Invasive Cerebellar Stimulation for Social and Affective Functions in Children and Adolescents.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2025Review
- Mapping Contributions of the Anterior Temporal Semantic Hub to the Processing of Abstract and Concrete Verbs.Human brain mapping · 2025Article
- Task demands shape network interactions during reading and visual form processing.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Functional imaging derived ADHD biotypes based on deep clustering: a study on personalized medication therapy guidance.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Progressive verbal apraxia of reading.Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior · 2024Article
- Insights into the genetic architecture of cerebellar lobules derived from the UK Biobank.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Unraveling individual differences in learning potential: A dynamic framework for the case of reading development.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2024Review
- The reading-attention relationship: Variations in working memory network activity during single word decoding in children with and without dyslexia.Neuropsychologia · 2024Article
- A review of the neurotransmitter system associated with cognitive function of the cerebellum in Parkinson's disease.Neural regeneration research · 2024Review
- The Cerebellum Is Sensitive to the Lexical Properties of Words During Spoken Language Comprehension.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Cerebellar Neuromodulation Impacts Reading Fluency in Young Adults.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Activation and functional connectivity of cerebellum during reading and during arithmetic in children with combined reading and math disabilities.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- A comparison of functional activation and connectivity of the cerebellum in adults and children during single word processing.Brain and language · 2023Article
- Functional Imaging Derived ADHD Biotypes Based on Deep Clustering May Guide Personalized Medication Therapy.Research square · 2023Article
- The Differences in Structure and Function of the Cerebellum Between Cantonese-Mandarin Bilinguals and Mandarin Monolinguals: a Multi-model MRI Study.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2023Article
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Abstract
The dominant neural models of typical and atypical reading focus on the cerebral cortex. However, Nicolson et al. (2001) proposed a model, the cerebellar deficit hypothesis, in which the cerebellum plays an important role in reading. To evaluate the evidence in support of this model, we qualitatively review the current literature and employ meta-analytic tools examining patterns of functional connectivity between the cerebellum and the cerebral reading network. We find evidence for a phonological circuit with connectivity between the cerebellum and a dorsal fronto-parietal pathway, and a semantic circuit with cerebellar connectivity to a ventral fronto-temporal pathway. Furthermore, both cerebral pathways have functional connections with the mid-fusiform gyrus, a region implicated in orthographic processing. Consideration of these circuits within the context of the current literature suggests the cerebellum is positioned to influence both phonological and word-based decoding procedures for recognizing unfamiliar printed words. Overall, multiple lines of research provide support for the cerebellar deficit hypothesis, while also highlighting the need for further research to test mechanistic hypotheses.
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