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Case Report: Theory of Mind and Figurative Language in a Child With Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum
In this case report, we studied Theory of Mind (ToM) and figurative language comprehension in a 7.2-year-old child, conventionally named RJ, with isolated and complete agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC), a rare malformation due to the absence of the corpus callosum, the major tract connecting the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7900504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33633625 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.596804 |
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author | Melogno, Sergio Pinto, Maria Antonietta Scalisi, Teresa Gloria Badolato, Fausto Parisi, Pasquale |
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description | In this case report, we studied Theory of Mind (ToM) and figurative language comprehension in a 7.2-year-old child, conventionally named RJ, with isolated and complete agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC), a rare malformation due to the absence of the corpus callosum, the major tract connecting the two brain hemispheres. To study ToM, which is the capability to infer the other’s mental states, we used the classical false belief tasks, and to study figurative language, i.e., those linguistic usages involving non-literal meanings, we used tasks assessing metaphor and idiom comprehension. RJ’s intellectual level and his phonological, lexical, and grammatical abilities were all adequate. In both the ToM false belief tasks and novel sensory metaphor comprehension, RJ showed a delay of 3 years and a significant gap compared to a typically developing control group, while in idioms, his performance was at the border of average. These outcomes suggest that RJ has a specific pragmatic difficulty in all tasks where he must interpret the other’s communicative intention, as in ToM tasks and novel sensory metaphor comprehension. The outcomes also open up interesting insights into the relationships between ToM and figurative language in children with isolated and complete ACC. |
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spelling | pubmed-79005042021-02-24 Case Report: Theory of Mind and Figurative Language in a Child With Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum Melogno, Sergio Pinto, Maria Antonietta Scalisi, Teresa Gloria Badolato, Fausto Parisi, Pasquale Front Psychol Psychology In this case report, we studied Theory of Mind (ToM) and figurative language comprehension in a 7.2-year-old child, conventionally named RJ, with isolated and complete agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC), a rare malformation due to the absence of the corpus callosum, the major tract connecting the two brain hemispheres. To study ToM, which is the capability to infer the other’s mental states, we used the classical false belief tasks, and to study figurative language, i.e., those linguistic usages involving non-literal meanings, we used tasks assessing metaphor and idiom comprehension. RJ’s intellectual level and his phonological, lexical, and grammatical abilities were all adequate. In both the ToM false belief tasks and novel sensory metaphor comprehension, RJ showed a delay of 3 years and a significant gap compared to a typically developing control group, while in idioms, his performance was at the border of average. These outcomes suggest that RJ has a specific pragmatic difficulty in all tasks where he must interpret the other’s communicative intention, as in ToM tasks and novel sensory metaphor comprehension. The outcomes also open up interesting insights into the relationships between ToM and figurative language in children with isolated and complete ACC. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7900504/ /pubmed/33633625 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.596804 Text en Copyright © 2021 Melogno, Pinto, Scalisi, Badolato and Parisi. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Melogno, Sergio Pinto, Maria Antonietta Scalisi, Teresa Gloria Badolato, Fausto Parisi, Pasquale Case Report: Theory of Mind and Figurative Language in a Child With Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum |
title | Case Report: Theory of Mind and Figurative Language in a Child With Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum |
title_full | Case Report: Theory of Mind and Figurative Language in a Child With Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum |
title_fullStr | Case Report: Theory of Mind and Figurative Language in a Child With Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum |
title_full_unstemmed | Case Report: Theory of Mind and Figurative Language in a Child With Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum |
title_short | Case Report: Theory of Mind and Figurative Language in a Child With Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum |
title_sort | case report: theory of mind and figurative language in a child with agenesis of the corpus callosum |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7900504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33633625 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.596804 |
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