The contribution of the fronto-cerebellar system in cognitive processing
dc.comment.hidden | Written permission from publishers has been obtained and included in thesis. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Arasanz, Carla Paz | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-23T20:53:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-01-23T20:53:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-01-23T20:53:32Z | |
dc.date.submitted | 2012-12 | |
dc.description.abstract | Over two decades of patient and neuroimaging data have provided increasing support for a role of the posterior cerebellum in cognition, particularly attention. Contralateral connections between the prefrontal cortex and the cerebellum are a probable basis for this effect. It is the purpose of this thesis to understand the contribution of the fronto-cerebellar system to cognitive and attentional processes. The first aim of this thesis was to localize areas of the cerebellum that participate in non-motor behaviour. After transient disruption of cerebellar activity using continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS), a form of transcranial magnetic stimulation, Study 1 and 2 identified the right posterior-lateral cerebellum as a contributor to a network involved in two non-motor tasks; word generation and the attentional blink. The aim of Study 3 was to investigate if manipulating task demands increased fronto-cerebellar recruitment. The final study of this thesis employed electroencephalography (EEG) and cTBS to probe the neural events disrupted during the attentional blink task when the left frontal- right cerebellar system was transiently disrupted. Understanding the manner in which these neural events are affected by transient perturbation is integral to the understanding of the fronto-cerebellar contribution to cognitive and attentional processes. Together these studies help elucidate the role of the fronto-cerebellar system in non-motor functions. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7239 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.pending | false | en |
dc.publisher | University of Waterloo | en |
dc.subject | cerebellum | en |
dc.subject | cognition | en |
dc.subject.program | Kinesiology (Behavioural Neuroscience) | en |
dc.title | The contribution of the fronto-cerebellar system in cognitive processing | en |
dc.type | Doctoral Thesis | en |
uws-etd.degree | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
uws-etd.degree.department | Kinesiology | en |
uws.peerReviewStatus | Unreviewed | en |
uws.scholarLevel | Graduate | en |
uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |