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Introduction into the Role of the Cerebellum in Emotion

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The Emotional Cerebellum

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 1378))

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The cerebellum is well known for its contribution to motor performance, but less for its involvement to cognitive and affective processing. The growing interest of clinical and neuroscientific research has resulted in a fascinating focus on the cerebellar mechanisms of emotion. Advances in functional neuroimaging and noninvasive stimulation protocols have successively delineated circumscribed cerebellar areas with its functional and topographic connections to the conventionally predominating cerebral cortex in basic as well as high order emotion processing. This encompasses all information processing stages which include perception and attention, and the evaluation and integration of emotion cues to the trajectories in motor, cognitive, and affective behavior. Not surprisingly, research has identified the cerebellum being part of the brain’s network associated with art, morality, and social cognition. This book will provide an overview of the details of these intriguing issues, supporting a contemporary understanding of the fundamental as well as specific features of cerebellar functions within emotion processes.

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  1. Department of Clinical and Cognitive Neurorehabilitation, Klinik Bavaria Kreischa, Kreischa, Germany

    Michael Adamaszek

  2. Médiathèque Jean Jacquy, CHU-Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium

    Mario Manto

  3. Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Dennis J. L. G. Schutter

  4. Service des Neurosciences, Université de Mons, Mons, Belgium

    Mario Manto

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Adamaszek, M., Manto, M., Schutter, D.J.L.G. (2022). Introduction into the Role of the Cerebellum in Emotion. In: Adamaszek, M., Manto, M., Schutter, D.J.L.G. (eds) The Emotional Cerebellum . Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1378. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99550-8_1

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