Clinical Vignette:

A 58-year-old man suffered a right hemisphere stroke that produced a left sided weakness. The weakness improved progressively over a few days, and the patient was discharged. Over a number of weeks, his wife noticed that he was different but could not tell how. She complained that he was no longer paying attention to her. They started having repeated fights. The marital discord brought them to a family counselor who referred them to a neuropsychiatry clinic. On examination it was found that the man suffered from receptive aprosodia with a complete inability to perceive any emotions displayed either by voice or by facial expression.