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For years the centre of attention has been the cerebral hemisphere
of the brain. Researchers have looked at the left brain noting
variations in size and concentrating their efforts around the
special areas of the hemisphere in an attempt to unlock the secrets
of dyslexia. The right brain has received similar attention with
regards to dyspraxia. However, it was only with the development
of better tools for studying the brain that clues began to appear.
Over the last few years, with the advent of PET scans, and more
recently functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, scientists began
to realise that they may have been looking in the wrong place.
Do any of the following seem familiar?
- Impaired ability to plan ahead
- Difficulty in abstract thinking
- Difficulty with working memory
- Lower general intellectual abilities
- Difficulties with memory retrieval
- Poor short term memory
- Slower speed of data processing
- Emotionally labile
- Decreased initiative
- Poor oral intake
- Writing/spelling poor
- Low self esteem
- Urinary retention/incontinence
- Travel sickness
- Dizzy spells
This whole list has been found to occur with prefrontal/cerebellar dysfunction.
F-MRI studies 1995/96 showed that the cerebellum functions in:
- Linguistic processing
- Mental imagery
- Verbal memory
- Working
memory
- Attention
- Emotional states
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