中文摘要：

对小脑功能的认识在过去的100年里经历了缓慢而稳定的发展。在最近20年，随着活体神经影像技术尤其是功能磁共振成像（fMRI）的出现，这一领域取得了更加显著的进展。文章简要总结了我们最近关于小脑的fMRI研究，考察了该结构在运动、语言和学习任务中的作用；并通过回顾相关文献，讨论了这些研究的理论意义。小脑的功能本质似乎是一般性的而非通道特异的，动态的而非静态的，联系的而非孤立的。作者提出，研究小脑与大脑之间的相互作用和合作机制将是小脑研究领域的新的生长点。

英文摘要：

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.