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What it is said versus how it is said: Comprehension of affective prosody in men with Klinefelter (47,XXY) syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2007

SOPHIE VAN RIJN ,
ANDRÉ ALEMAN ,
HANNA SWAAB ,
TESSEL KRIJN ,
GUY VINGERHOETS  and
RENÉ S. KAHN
SOPHIE VAN RIJN
Affiliation:
Helmholtz Instituut, Department of Experimental Psychology, Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Department of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
ANDRÉ ALEMAN
Affiliation:
BCN NeuroImaging Center, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
HANNA SWAAB
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
TESSEL KRIJN
Affiliation:
Helmholtz Instituut, Department of Experimental Psychology, Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
GUY VINGERHOETS
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Neuropsychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
RENÉ S. KAHN
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Difficulties in social communication in individuals with Klinefelter syndrome (XXY chromosomal pattern) have largely been attributed to deficits in left hemisphere-mediated, language functions. This study examined the ability of XXY men to decode emotions from tone of voice, a pragmatic aspect of social communication that may be associated with right hemisphere functioning. A total of 26 XXY men and 20 men from the general population completed tasks involving emotion discrimination in speech, based on verbal content or tone of voice. The XXY group displayed relative difficulties in discriminating emotions in tone of voice, and, to a lesser extend, in verbal content. This finding suggests that the XXY chromosomal pattern may not only be associated with difficulties in semantic aspects of language, but with prosodic aspects, as well. Our findings may contribute to the development of more comprehensive models addressing the role of the X chromosome in normal and abnormal development of social communication. (JINS, 2007, 13, 1065–1070.)

Keywords

Nonverbal communicationEmotionsSocial behaviorAuditory perceptionSex chromosome disordersX chromosome
Type
BRIEF COMMUNICATION
Information
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 13 , Issue 6 , November 2007 , pp. 1065 - 1070
Copyright
© 2007 The International Neuropsychological Society

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