Wissenschaftler lüften die Geheimnisse Ihres „kleinen Gehirns“

In recent decades, neuroscience has seen some stunning advances, and yet a critical part of the brain remains a mystery: the cerebellum. In Latin it means “little brain,” and is situated like a bun at the back of the brain. This is no small oversight: The cerebellum contains three-quarters of all the brain’s neurons, which are organized in an almost crystalline arrangement, in contrast to the tangled thicket of neurons found elsewhere.

Encyclopedia articles and textbooks underscore the fact that the cerebellum’s function is to control body movement. There is no question that the cerebellum has this function. But scientists now suspect that this long-standing view is myopic.

During a recent meeting, a pair of neuroscientists organized a symposium on newly discovered functions of the cerebellum unrelated to motor control. New experimental techniques are showing that in addition to controlling movement, the cerebellum regulates complex behaviors, social interactions, aggression, working memory, learning, emotion, and more.

Read the full story on WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/cerebellum-brain-movement-feelings/