Beyond motor deficits, spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) patients also suffer cognitive decline
and show socio-affective difficulties, negatively impacting on their social functioning. The …

Highlights•Cerebellum is implicated in emotion regulation and executive functions.•Violent
psychopathic offenders show abnormalities in cerebellar volumes.•Deficient network …

The role of the posterior cerebellum in social cognition is well established; however, it is still
unclear whether different cerebellar subregions contribute to different social cognitive …

Neuropsychological and experimental brain research have provided independent lines of
evidence in support of cerebellar involvement in disorders of emotion. Medial cerebellar …

This article introduces a special issue on Aggressive Motivation. After briefly considering
some important concepts and definitions in the psychological study of aggression and …

A significant number of veterans experience irritability and aggression symptoms as a result
of being exposed to extremely stressful and life-threatening situations. In addition to the well …

The amygdala and cerebellum are both evolutionary preserved brain structures containing
cortical as well as subcortical properties. For decades, the amygdala has been considered …

It has recently been theorized that the frontal asymmetry of approach-and avoidance-related
motivation is mirrored in the posterolateral cerebellum. Accordingly, left-to-right dominant …

Increasing empirical evidence points towards the involvement of the cerebellum in anger
and aggressive behaviour. However, human functional neuroimaging studies so far have …

The purpose of this chapter is to explore how Stella a 22-year-old, cis-gender female college
graduate who wants to grow a flower garden might be affected by Friedreich's ataxia (FA), a …