Table 1.
Cerebellar activation in previous studies of verbal working memory
| Active task | Vermis | Sup hemispheres | Inf hemispheres | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| II, | IV, | HIV, | sup | inf | |||||
| III | V | VI | HV | HVI | HVIIA | HVIIA | HVIIB | HVIII | |
| Awh et al., 1996 | |||||||||
| 4-letter Sternberg task | R | ||||||||
| 2-back letter (vs search) | M | R | L | ||||||
| 2-back letter (vs rehearsal) | M | R | |||||||
| Jonides et al., 1997 | |||||||||
| 3-back letter | M | LR | L | R | |||||
| 2-back letter | M | LRR | L | R | |||||
| Fiez et al., 1996 | |||||||||
| Word memory | RL | ||||||||
| Grasby et al., 1993 | |||||||||
| Word memory (auditory) | M | ||||||||
| Grasby et al., 1994 | |||||||||
| Word memory (auditory) | M | M | LR | ||||||
| Paulesu et al., 1993 | |||||||||
| Letter memory/detect rhyme | L | R | |||||||
| Paulesu et al., 1995 | |||||||||
| Letter memory (ave) | M | L | |||||||
| Letter memory (case 1) | L | R | |||||||
| Letter memory (case 2) | LR | ||||||||
| Letter memory (case 3) | R | ||||||||
Talairach coordinates reported for cerebellar activations in the above studies were mapped onto high-quality anatomical images of Talairach-normalized brains to assess likely lobular locations for the coordinates. Foci on the left side (L), right side (R), or midline (M) are plotted under the appropriate lobular heading; in some cases the letter appears between two columns, indicating that the activation was at the border of two regions. Gray areas indicate that inferior cerebellum was not sampled in the study; Sup, superior; Inf, inferior. Roman numeral designations are based on Larsell’s (Larsell and Jansen, 1972) nomenclature.