The cerebellar components of the human language network.

ABSTRACT: The cerebellum's capacity for neural computation is arguably unmatched. Yet despite now ample evidence of cerebellar contributions to cognition, including language, its precise role in language processing remains debated. Here, we systematically characterize cerebellar language-responsive regions using precision fMRI. We identify four cerebellar regions that respond to language across modalities (Experiments 1a-b, n=754). One region-spanning Crus I/II/lobule VIIb-is selective for language relative to diverse non-linguistic perceptual, cognitive, and motor tasks (Experiments 2a-f, n=732), and the rest exhibit mixed-selective profiles, responding strongly to language but also to one or more of the non-linguistic conditions. Similar to the neocortical language system, the language-selective r

SUBMITTER: Casto C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12642429 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature