Andrew Huberman· PhD
Cerebellar ataxia is what the neurologists call it, and it can happen not just with cerebellar damage, but damage to the tracts that feed the information into the cerebellum.
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Cerebellar ataxia is what the neurologists call it, and it can happen not just with cerebellar damage, but damage to the tracts that feed the information into the cerebellum.
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People who have damage to the cerebellum aren't paralyzed but they tend to be clumsy they tend to not coordinate their movements they have a disturbed gate if they're reaching for an object they often overshoot it and have to make successive approximating motions to get back to their target