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{{further|topic=the cerebellum|Cerebellum}}

[[File:Cerebellum.png|thumb|right|The cerebellum is highlighted red]]

The [[cerebellum]] is known to play a part in correcting movement and in fine-tuning the motor agility found in procedural skills such as painting, instrument playing and in sports such as golf. Damage to this area may prevent the proper relearning of motor skills and through associated research it has more recently been linked to having a role in automating the unconscious process used when learning a procedural skill.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Saywell | first1 = N | last2 = Taylor | first2 = D | date = Oct 2008 | title = The role of the cerebellum in procedural learning – are there implications for physiotherapists' clinical practice?. | journal = Physiotherapy: Theory and Practice | volume = 24 | issue = 5| pages = 321–8 | doi=10.1080/09593980701884832| pmid = 18821439 | s2cid = 205654506 }}</ref> New thoughts in the scientific community suggest that the cerebellar cortex holds the holy grail of memory, what is known to researchers as "the [[theEngram (neuropsychology)|engram]]" or the biological place where memory lives. The initial memory trace is thought to form here between parallel fibers and [[Purkinje cells|Purkinje cell]] and then travel outwards to other cerebellar nuclei for consolidation.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Nagao | first1 = S | last2 = Kitazawa | first2 = H | year = 2008 | title = Role of the cerebellum in the acquisition and consolidation of motor memory | journal = Brain Nerve | volume = 60 | issue = 7| pages = 783–90 | pmid = 18646618 }}</ref>

===Limbic system===