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Introduction.– Medulloblastomas are the most common prejudicial tumors of childhood. This disease affects not only vestibular system, but also such cognitive functions as language, attention, verbal and non-verbal memory and intellectual capacity. Objectives.– To study peculiar features of high cognitive functions in children with cerebellum tumors; to elicit cognitive function which correction can accelerate cognitive rehabilitation process. Methods.– The study included 9 children (age 2–10 years) with cerebellum tumor in the fourth ventricle who underwent neurorehabilitaion course. Cognitive sphere was diagnosed by Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (LNNB) on the first and the last sessions. Results.– Two types of cognitive syndromes were fetched out through the neuropsychological diagnostics: 1 – semi-frontal lobe syndrome (defects in serial movement organization, stagnancy, memory disorders, special pathological features of thinking, especially attention disorders); 2 – disorders in spatial functions (projective errors in visual gnosis and visual presentation). Conclusions.– Assessment of the defect structure and of the whole rehabilitation process educe the main element of high cognitive function which is important firstly to start work with – it is attention. Galperin P.Y. said that attention is an independent psychical function which provide control over content of pattern, thought and operation. Development of the rehabilitation process around the correction of attention allows reduction of the duration of the rehabilitation period and the degree of defect in cognitive functions in children with cerebellum tumor. Disclosure of interest.– The authors have not supplied a conflict of interest statement.