Abstract: The past century has witnessed slow but steady progress in understanding the function of the cerebellum, while most significant insights are gained within the past two decades owing to the advent of in vivo neuroimaging techniques, functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) in particular. This article summarizes our recent fMRI studies, in which we examined the involvement of the cerebellum in motor, language and learning tasks. Theoretical implications of these studies are discussed in relation with relevant literature. The paper concludes with two inter-dependent conclusions: the functioning of the cerebellum in nature appears to be generalized rather than modality-specific, dynamic rather than static, correlational rather than isolated; consequently, it is very likely that investigation of the mechanisms underlying interactions and cooperation between the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex will become a new perspective in the field

Key words: cerebellum, voluntary movement, learning, language, neuroimaging