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Cognitive Functions of Cerebellum and Educational Neuroscience

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Advances in Neural Computation, Machine Learning, and Cognitive Research VII (NEUROINFORMATICS 2023)

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Traditionally, the cerebellum was associated with motor functions, but with the development of methods of psychological and neurophysiological research, evidence of the influence of cerebellar dysfunction on cognitive functions has been revealed. The facts confirming the participation of the cerebellum in the development and consolidation of new cognitive skills and creative processes were also revealed. Anatomical, genetic, morphological and neurophysiological studies of the connections, evolution and interaction of the cerebellum with cognitive areas of the cerebral cortex confirm the involvement of the cerebellum in cognitive functions. Based on these studies, various models of the involvement of the cerebellum in cognitive functions are being developed. At the same time, the area of application of neuroscientific knowledge about the brain and neurotechnologies in education, educational neuroscience, is actively develo**. So far, it largely consolidates the results of behavioral research, but with the development of available neurotechnologies, it begins to find direct application in the educational process. On the one hand, the results of studying the cognitive functions of the cerebellum can be useful for education, on the other hand, the study of education processes using modern neurotechnologies can be useful for studying the cerebellum. The article provides a brief overview of modern research in these areas and considers the possibilities of their joint development.

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The work is financially supported by State Program of SRISA RAS No. FNEF-2022-0003.

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    Vladislav Dorofeev

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    Boris Kryzhanovsky

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  3. Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Vladimir Redko

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    Yury Tiumentsev

  5. Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia

    Valentin Klimov

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Dorofeev, V. (2023). Cognitive Functions of Cerebellum and Educational Neuroscience. In: Kryzhanovsky, B., Dunin-Barkowski, W., Redko, V., Tiumentsev, Y., Klimov, V. (eds) Advances in Neural Computation, Machine Learning, and Cognitive Research VII. NEUROINFORMATICS 2023. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1120. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44865-2_33

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