Cerebellar lesions disrupt spatial and temporal visual attention

The current study represents the first comprehensive examination of spatial, temporal and sustained attention following cerebellar damage. Results indicated that, compared to controls, damage resulted in a larger cueing effect at longest SOA – possibly reflecting slowed onset inhibition return (IOR) during reflexive covert task, reduced ability detect successive targets an attentional blink task. However, there was little evidence support notion that disrupted voluntary or response task (SART). Lesion overlay data supplementary voxel-based lesion symptom mapping (VLSM) analyses impaired performance on tasks were related Crus II left posterior cerebellum. In addition, subsequent our results are not due either general motor impairments deep nuclei. Collectively these demonstrate, for time, same regions may be involved both spatial visual attention.