TY - JOUR T1 - Disturbances of affective prosody in patients with schizophrenia; a cross sectional study JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 375 LP - 378 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.64.3.375 VL - 64 IS - 3 AU - Albert F G Leentjens AU - Sandra M Wielaert AU - Frans van Harskamp AU - Frederik W Wilmink Y1 - 1998/03/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/64/3/375.abstract N2 - The objective was to determine whether disturbances of affective prosody constitute part of the symptomatology of schizophrenia. Affective prosody is defined here as a neuropsychological function that encompasses all non-verbal aspects of language that are necessary for recognising and conveying emotions in communication. Twenty six schizophrenic out-patients and twenty four normal controls underwent a standardised prosody test, assessing four different aspects of affective prosody: spontaneous prosody, prosodic recognition, prosodic repetition, and facial affect recognition.  Patients scored significantly worse than controls on three of the four subtests: spontaneous prosody, prosodic recognition, and prosodic repetition. There were no significant differences on a subtest for facial affect recognition. Differences in educational level between patients and controls could not account for these differences. ER -