Effects of partial and total cerebellar ablations on visual cliff performance in the hooded rat.

Bourassa, Charles M.; Yajima, Katsumi; Leonard, Hubert A.

doi:10.1037/h0025391

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“…Chambers and Sprague (19SS) noted hyposensitivity to visual stimuli in cats with vermal lesions and also found a disruption of depth perception. However, Bourassa, Yajima, and Leonard (1968) uncovered no impairments in the visual cliff performance of rats with cerebellar lesions. Evoked-potential data have indicated that cerebellar units are responsive to the direction and speed of visual stimuli (Buchtel, Rubia, & Strata, 1973), suggesting a role in the perception of these dimensions.…”

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Nonmotor functions of the cerebellum.

Watson¹

1978

Psychological Bulletin

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Reviews the literature to determine the involvement of the cerebellum in psychological processes. Traditional concepts of cerebellar physiology have emphasized motor control functions. It is suggested that this brain structure may participate in sensory integration activities, motor skills learning, visual and auditory discrimination performance, emotion and motivation control, and reinforcement processes. (6 p ref)

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confidence: 88%