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Is the cerebellum essentially a precise pattern matching device?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Franz Mechsner  and
Günther Palm
Franz Mechsner
Affiliation:
Department of Neural Information Processing, University of Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany(mechsner,palm)@neuro.informatik.uni-ulm.de
Günther Palm
Affiliation:
Department of Neural Information Processing, University of Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany(mechsner,palm)@neuro.informatik.uni-ulm.de
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Abstract

(1) The “timing idea” is not the only interpretation of cerebellar histology worth considering. Therefore, it is not imperative to strive for a theory of cerebellar function which gives it a prominent rôle. (2) The experiments with “moving stimuli” cannot support the tidal wave theory. (3) The notion that only “moving stimuli” can excite the cerebellar cortex is burdened with many intrinsic difficulties. (4) The common theoretical claim that the accuracy of skilled movements is due to exact pattern-matching processes in the cerebellum may be most misleading.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 257
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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