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ArticleBrain sciences2021

The Human Cerebellum as a Hub of the Predictive Brain.

Daniele Gatti, Luca Rinaldi, Laura Ferreri, Tomaso Vecchi

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Article in Brain sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniele GattiDepartment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4109-2752
Luca RinaldiDepartment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Laura FerreriLaboratoire d'Étude des Mécanismes Cognitifs, Université Lumière Lyon 2, 69767 Lyon, France.
Tomaso VecchiDepartment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
University of Pavia · ITUniversité Lumière Lyon 2 · FR

Funding

Ministero della Salute Ricerca Corrente 2021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the cerebellum has long been believed to be involved uniquely in sensorimotor processes, recent research works pointed to its participation in a wide range of cognitive predictive functions. Here, we review the available evidence supporting a generalized role of the cerebellum in predictive computation. We then discuss the anatomo-physiological properties that make the cerebellum the ideal hub of the predictive brain. We further argue that cerebellar involvement in cognition may follow a continuous gradient, with higher cerebellar activity occurring for tasks relying more on predictive processes, and outline the empirical scenarios to probe this hypothesis.

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cerebellumcognitionlanguagemusicprediction

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PMID34827491
PMCPMC8615481
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