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the brain's quiet backseat driver, perfecting every move you'll swear you made on purpose
means The cerebellum is the small, dense region tucked at the back of the brain that coordinates balance, posture, and the smooth timing of movement.
from From Latin cerebellum, the diminutive of cerebrum ("brain") — literally "little brain," which is exactly what it looks like: a wrinkled miniature lobe nestled beneath the larger one. The name entered anatomical use through Latin medical writing and has stuck ever since, a tidy case of namers simply describing what they saw.
- neuron hoard
- holds over half the brain's neurons
- tiny footprint
- just 10 percent of brain's volume
- latin roots
- name means little brain
- silent expert
- learns motor skills you can't consciously explain
- drunk tell
- alcohol hits it, hence the stumbling