The cerebellum is a fist-size structure tucked below the cerebral cortex—the part of the brain that we typically attribute to higher-order cognitive processes, including consciousness, language, and ...

Humans are known to rapidly adapt their mental processes and behavior based on feedback they receive from the world around ...

While caring for these unfortunate individuals, Holmes observed that damage to a small structure at the base of the brain called the cerebellum, which means “little brain” in Latin, primarily led to ...

Previous research had separately pointed to both serotonin, a neurotransmitter known to influence mood, and the cerebellum, a brain region located at the back of the head, as playing potential ...