Covert orientating of attention in patients with cerebellar lesions and their anatomical correlate

In recent years there has been a change in views regarding cerebellar functions. Findings suggest that the cerebellum does also play a role in spatial attentional processes. However, there is still a controversy if the cerebellum is part of a network involved in spatial attention or not. The aim of the present study was to examine covert orienting of attention in patients with cerebellar stroke using lesion mapping techniques. We investigated 14 stroke patients with right cerebellar lesions and compared their performance in a covert visual attention task to 15 healthy age-matched controls. Analysis of lesion loc…