The cerebellum: Its role in language and related cognitive and affective functions

► Review of cerebellar involvement in various linguistic processes. ► Lexical retrieval, syntax, aphasia, reading, writing, metalinguistic skills. ► Cerebellar role in cognitive and behavioral-affective modulation. ► Cerebellar-induced syndromes: cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome and the posterior fossa syndrome. ► Mechanisms involved in linguistic and cognitive processing.