CONICET | Buscador de Institutos y Recursos Humanos

Introduction: theory of mind is the ability to atribute mind to others. The capacity to recognize a non literal sense is one of the highest levels on theory of mind. Turner´s Syndrome is a chromosomal disorder expressed phenotypically in an atypical development of certain brain areas involved in social cognitive processes; also existing empirical evidence supporting that women with this diagnosis presents impairments in specific aspects involved in social functioning. Aim: to characterize the recognition of non literal senses in women with diagnosis of Turner´s Syndrome, as part of the processes involved in theory of mind that contribute to social development. Method: retrospective ex post facto design with two groups, in a sample of 20 women with diagnosis of Turner´s Syndrome and its respective control cases. To assess recognition of non literal senses we used the Metaphoric Communications and Strange Stories of Happé test. Obtained data were submitted to a descriptive statistical analysis and statistical test of group comparison. Results: allow to observe an impairment in recognition of non literal senses in women with diagnosis of Turner´s Syndrome compared to their control group, obtaining significant differences in total score (Clinical group: M=3,45, DS= 1,91; Control group: M=5,50, DS=1,74; U=32,50 Z= -2,46, P< .01); committing more mistakes of the realistic type (justifying the sense of a phrase in a literal way). Conclusions: investigation shows that social difficulties in women with diagnosis of Turner´s Syndrome may be associated to an impairment in theory of mind related to infer the sense underlying social situations. Being able to infer only the literal senses may imply, in this case, a dephasing in the pragmatic aspects of social communication

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