Imaging the human cerebellum during motor learning and timing

小脑长期以来一直吸引着科学家，因为它具有非凡的解剖学和生理学特征，以及它在运动功能中发挥的关键作用，最近又因为它在认知和情感方面的更一般功能。 小脑活动的非侵入性成像的发展为探索其更广泛的功能开辟了新的机会。我们的目标是进一步发展这些新方法，以促进其提供给更广泛的研究界，并证明其效用的小脑在学习和计时的作用。这项工作的成果将对广泛的科学家和临床医生有相当大的好处，他们将能够利用新方法进行自己的研究。

The cerebellum has long fascinated scientists for its remarkable anatomy and physiology and the critical role that it plays in motor function, and more recently for its more general functions of cognition and emotion. Developments in non-invasive imaging of cerebellar activity have opened up exiting new opportunities to probe its wider functioning. We aim to further develop these new methods in order to facilitate their availability to the wider research community, and to demonstrate their utility by application to the role of the cerebellum in learning and timing. The outcomes of this work will be of considerable benefit to a wide range of scientists and clinicians who will be able to make use of the new methods for their own research.