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The Cerebellum’s Contribution to Language
A 1-credit ISCN lecture exploring how the cerebellum contributes to language processing and cognitive functions within complex brain networks.
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Course Description
The cerebellum has traditionally been associated with motor coordination and balance, but modern neuroscience research has revealed its broader role in cognitive and linguistic functions. In this ISCN lecture, Dr. David Traster explores the cerebellum’s contribution to language processing. The session examines how cerebellar circuits interact with cortical regions involved in speech and language, supporting functions such as timing, sequencing, and coordination of linguistic processes. Participants will learn how the cerebellum contributes to complex neural networks that support communication and cognitive performance. The lecture also reviews research investigating how cerebellar dysfunction may influence language abilities and speech production. By examining the cerebellum from a network-based perspective, this session highlights how this brain structure plays an important role in both motor and cognitive aspects of language.
What you’ll learn:
- Understand traditional and emerging functions of the cerebellum.
- Explore neural networks involved in language processing.
- Examine cerebellar contributions to speech coordination.
- Learn how cerebellar dysfunction may influence language performance.
- Review research on cerebellar involvement in cognition.
Components
Educational Syllabus
- Topic 1 – Anatomy and Function of the Cerebellum
- Explore the structure and traditional motor functions associated with the cerebellum.
- Topic 2 – Expanding Roles of the Cerebellum
- Examine research showing how the cerebellum contributes to cognitive and linguistic processes.
- Topic 3 – Neural Networks Supporting Language
- Understand how the cerebellum interacts with cortical language regions.
- Topic 4 – Cerebellar Contributions to Speech and Language Processing
- Review how cerebellar circuits influence timing, coordination, and sequencing in language.
- Topic 5 – Cerebellar Dysfunction and Language Disorders
- Explore how cerebellar damage may affect communication and linguistic performance.
- Topic 6 – Clinical Assessment of Language Networks
- Learn how clinicians evaluate neurological factors influencing language function.
- Topic 7 – Emerging Research in Cerebellar Cognition
- Discuss new studies examining the cerebellum’s role in cognitive and linguistic processing.
Venue, Hotels & Schedule
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The Cerebellum’s Contribution to Language
A 1-credit ISCN lecture exploring how the cerebellum contributes to language processing and cognitive functions within complex brain networks.
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