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Cerebellar theory out of control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Michael G. Paulin
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Centre for Neuroscience, University of Otago, New Zealand, mpaulin@otago.ac.nz

Abstract

The views of Houk et al., Smith, and Thach on the role of cerebellum in movement control differ substantially, but all three are flawed by the false reasoning that because information passes from the cerebellum to movements the cerebellum must be a movement controller, or a part of one. The divergent and less than compelling ideas expressed by these leading cerebellar theorists epitomize the fruitlessness of this paradigm, and signal the need for a change. [HOUK et al.; SMITH; THACH]

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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