1. Consensus Paper: The Role of the Cerebellum in Perceptual Processes
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Christophe Habas, Michael G. Paulin, Arseny A. Sokolov, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Marina A. Pavlova, Kathleen E. Cullen, Richard B. Ivry, Eric A. Moulton, Maria Leggio, Oliver Baumann, Marco Molinari, Ronald Borra, James M. Bower, and Jason B. Mattingley
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TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION ,BIOLOGICAL MOTION PERCEPTION ,TACTILE PROJECTION PATTERNS ,Vision ,Poison control ,Review ,CONDITIONED EYELID RESPONSES ,Audition ,0302 clinical medicine ,Models ,Cerebellum ,Neural Pathways ,SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS ,Sequencing ,Cerebellar disorder ,Non-U.S. Gov't ,media_common ,Medicine(all) ,0303 health sciences ,Connectivity ,fMRI ,Biological motion ,Single-unit recording ,Biological Evolution ,Neurology ,Autism spectrum disorder ,Neurological ,Psychology ,State estimation ,Cognitive psychology ,Consensus ,Evolution ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Models, Neurological ,Pain ,MOTOR CONTROL ,Research Support ,N.I.H ,03 medical and health sciences ,Consensus Paper ,Perception ,Journal Article ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Timing ,030304 developmental biology ,INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS ,RHESUS-MONKEY ,AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER ,Extramural ,Motor control ,medicine.disease ,biological motion ,connectivity ,perception ,prediction ,sequencing ,state estimation ,timing ,INTRINSIC FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY ,Biological motion perception ,nervous system ,Autism ,Self-motion ,Neurology (clinical) ,Prediction ,Neuroscience ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Various lines of evidence accumulated over the past 30 years indicate that the cerebellum, long recognized as essential for motor control, also has considerable influence on perceptual processes. In this paper, we bring together experts from psychology and neuroscience, with the aim of providing a succinct but comprehensive overview of key findings related to the involvement of the cerebellum in sensory perception. The contributions cover such topics as anatomical and functional connectivity, evolutionary and comparative perspectives, visual and auditory processing, biological motion perception, nociception, self-motion, timing, predictive processing, and perceptual sequencing. While no single explanation has yet emerged concerning the role of the cerebellum in perceptual processes, this consensus paper summarizes the impressive empirical evidence on this problem and highlights diversities as well as commonalities between existing hypotheses. In addition to work with healthy individuals and patients with cerebellar disorders, it is also apparent that several neurological conditions in which perceptual disturbances occur, including autism and schizophrenia, are associated with cerebellar pathology. A better understanding of the involvement of the cerebellum in perceptual processes will thus likely be important for identifying and treating perceptual deficits that may at present go unnoticed and untreated. This paper provides a useful framework for further debate and empirical investigations into the influence of the cerebellum on sensory perception.
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