Ricerc@Sapienza

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

Literature on children with Klinefelter Syndrome (KS) points to general linguistic difficulties in both comprehension and production among other cognitive functions, and in the majority of cases, these coexist with an intellectual level within the norms. In these conditions, children having language delay generally engage in language therapy and are systematically monitored across ages.