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  • Evidence-based decision-making relies on transforming sensory input into goal-directed behaviors.
  • Previous research primarily focused on forebrain mechanisms for decision-making.
  • The cerebellum's role in complex cognitive tasks is increasingly recognized.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of the lateral posterior cerebellum (crus I) in perceptual decision-making.
  • To explore how cerebellar activity encodes evidence and contributes to behavioral accuracy.
  • To identify neural mechanisms underlying decision errors within the cerebellum.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a novel evidence-accumulation task for mice.
  • Performed in vivo calcium imaging (two-photon fluorescence) of Purkinje cells in crus I.
  • Conducted cerebellar inactivation experiments to assess behavioral impact.

Main Results:

  • Cerebellar inactivation significantly reduced the accuracy of evidence-based decisions.
  • Purkinje cell somatic activity in crus I encoded choice and evidence information.
  • Decision errors were associated with dendritic calcium spikes in Purkinje cells.

Conclusions:

  • The lateral posterior cerebellum (crus I) plays a crucial role in accurate perceptual decision-making.
  • Cerebellar Purkinje cells contribute to evidence accumulation and choice selection.
  • Dendritic calcium spikes in the cerebellum may signal decision errors and influence plasticity.