[HTML][HTML] A meta-analysis of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) effects on cerebellar-associated cognitive processes

R Pezzetta, F Gambarota, V Tarantino, M Devita… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques, including transcranial magnetic
stimulation (TMS) and transcranial electrical stimulation (tES), have provided valuable …

Cerebellar neurostimulation for boosting social and affective functions: implications for the rehabilitation of hereditary ataxia patients

A Ciricugno, V Oldrati, Z Cattaneo, M Leggio, C Urgesi… - The Cerebellum, 2024 - Springer
Beyond motor deficits, spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) patients also suffer cognitive decline
and show socio-affective difficulties, negatively impacting on their social functioning. The …

Excitatory cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation boosts the leverage of prior knowledge for predicting actions

V Oldrati, N Butti, E Ferrari, Z Cattaneo… - Social Cognitive and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The cerebellum causally supports social processing by generating internal models of social
events based on statistical learning of behavioral regularities. However, whether the …

A chronometric study of the posterior cerebellum's function in emotional processing

A Ciricugno, C Ferrari, L Battelli, Z Cattaneo - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
The posterior cerebellum is a recently discovered hub of the affective and social brain, with
different subsectors contributing to different social functions. However, very little is known …

[HTML][HTML] Neurorestorative effects of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation on social prediction of adolescents and young adults with congenital cerebellar …

V Oldrati, N Butti, E Ferrari, S Strazzer, R Romaniello… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Converging evidence points to impairments of the predictive function exerted by
the cerebellum as one of the causes of the social cognition deficits observed in patients with …

Short review article: cerebellum and social behavior

F Van Overwalle, E Heleven - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•The posterior cerebellar Crus area is involved in social mentalizing (reading a
person's mind).•There are many functional closed loops between the Crus area and …

Unveiling the role of cerebellar alterations in the autonomic nervous system: a systematic review of autonomic dysfunction in spinocerebellar ataxias

N Urbini, L Siciliano, G Olivito, M Leggio - Journal of Neurology, 2023 - Springer
Background Autonomic dysfunctions are prevalent in several cerebellar disorders, but they
have not been systematically investigated in spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs). Studies …

[HTML][HTML] Exciting the social butterfly: Anodal cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation modulates neural activation during predictive social mentalizing

N Haihambo, M Li, Q Ma, C Baeken, N Deroost… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) has emerged as a promising tool for
enhancing social cognition. The posterior cerebellum, which is part of the mentalizing …

Cerebellar direct current stimulation reveals the causal role of the cerebellum in temporal prediction

S Terranova, A Botta, M Putzolu, G Bonassi… - The Cerebellum, 2024 - Springer
Temporal prediction (TP) influences our perception and cognition. The cerebellum could
mediate this multi-level ability in a context-dependent manner. We tested whether a …

Timing the cerebellum and its connectivity within the social brain

A Ciricugno, C Ferrari, L Battelli, Z Cattaneo - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The posterior cerebellum is a recently discovered hub of the affective and social brain, with
different subsectors contributing to different social functions. However, very little is known …