Science News » New Findings Reveal Surprising Role of the Cerebellum in Reward and Social Behaviors

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A new study in rodents has demonstrated, for the first time, that the brain’s cerebellum plays a role in controlling reward and social preference behavior—findings that shed light on the brain circuits critical to the affective and social dysfunction seen across multiple psychiatric disorders.