Scientists Find Reasons to Rethink Cerebellum's Role.

Byline: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- For a hundred and fifty years, prevailing wisdom has held that the cerebellum, a baseball-sized region of gray and white tissue sitting above the brain stem, is the control center for body movement. But recent studies, including some straight out of the laboratory, are suggesting the cerebellum is involved in a much wider set of behaviors and perceptions. Performance of the cerebellum might even help explain mysterious disorders such as autism.

These are some of the conclusions of neuroscientists James M. Bower, Ph.D., and Lawrence M. Parsons, …