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Prediction and preparation: Anticipatory role of the cerebellum in diverse neurobehavioral functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Eric Courchesne
Eric Courchesne
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093; and Autism and Neurodevelopment Research Laboratory, Children's Hospital Research Center, La Jolla, CA 92037 ecourchesne@ucsd.edu
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Abstract

Braitenberg et al.'s view that the cerebellum contributes “mechanical efficiency” to multijoint sequences of movement is too narrow to account adequately for results from new anatomical, neurobehavioral, and neuroimaging studies. A broader view is that the cerebellum modulates attention, sensory, motor, and other neural systems in order to accomplish its prime function, which is to learn to predict and prepare for imminent information acquisition, analysis, or action.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 248 - 249
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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