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Processing Past Tense in the left cerebellum
Sonia BonnìGiuseppa Renata ManganoCarlo CaltagironePatrizia TurrizianiMassimiliano Oliverisubject
MalefutureCerebellumcerebellummedicine.medical_treatmentNeuropsychological TestsPast tenseFunctional LateralityDevelopmental psychologyBrain IschemiaArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)MorphememedicineIschemic lesionReaction TimeverbsHumanspasttimeLanguage DisorderslanguageSettore M-PSI/02 - Psicobiologia E Psicologia FisiologicaHealthy subjectscerebellum; future; language; past; time; verbs; Brain Ischemia; Cerebellum; Functional Laterality; Humans; Language Disorders; Male; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological Tests; Reaction Time; LinguisticsLinguisticsMiddle AgedFuture tenseTranscranial magnetic stimulationmedicine.anatomical_structurenervous systemSettore MED/26 - NeurologiaNeurology (clinical)PsychologyNeurosciencedescription
We report the case of a patient with ischemic lesion of the left cerebellum, who showed specific deficits in processing past versus future tense of action verbs. These findings confirm, in the presence of cerebellar damage, previous results obtained with transcranial magnetic stimulation in healthy subjects and suggest a specificity of the left cerebellum for preparation of responses to the past tense of action verbs. As part of the procedural brain, the cerebellum could play a role in applying the linguistic rules for selection of morphemes typical of past and future tense formation.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-02-06 |