In less than three decades, the concept “cerebellar neurocognition” has evolved from a mere
afterthought to an entirely new and multifaceted area of neuroscientific research. A close …

In this review we focus on the developmental disorders of dyslexia (a disorder of reading)
and dysgraphia (a disorder of writing), considering their commonalities and differences with …

Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies have reported reduced activation in
parietotemporal and occipitotemporal areas in adults and children with developmental …

Affecting 5% to 6% of school-age children, developmental coordination disorder is
characterized by a marked impairment of motor coordination that significantly interferes with …

The traditional view on cerebellar functioning has recently been challenged by results from
neuroanatomical, neuroimaging and clinical studies. In this contribution, eighteen patients …

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 …

Expanding behavioral and neurobiological evidence affirms benefits of shared (especially
parent-child) reading on cognitive development during early childhood. However, the …

Three major 'neural systems', specialized for different types of information processing, are
the sensory, declarative, and procedural systems. It has been proposed (Trends Neurosci …

Developmental dyslexia is the most common learning disability in school-aged children with
an estimated incidence of five to ten percent. The cause and pathophysiological substrate of …

The part played by the cerebellum in higher cognitive functions has been and remains
something of an enigma. Schmahmann and Caplan (2006) maintain that ''The traditional …