. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Apr 25.

Published in final edited form as: J Mem Lang. 2008 Jan;58(1):66–87. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2007.06.004

Table 3.

Neuropsychological assessments of SD and TSA patients

		TSA					SD					Mean		Controls
Test	Max	ME	PG	LS	SC	JM	BS	KI	JT	EK	SJ	TSA	SD	Mean	Cut-off^a
Semantic tests
PPT
Pictures	52	29^*	42^*	31^*	50	35^*	33^*	31^*	35^*	30^*	48^*	37	35	51	49
Words	52	39^*	43^*	39^*	51	44^*	35^*	35^*	31^*	35^*	42^*	43	36	51	48
Naming	64	4^*	44^*	5^*	28^*	30^*	29^*	15^*	6^*	18^*	30^*	22	20	62	59
Spoken word-picture matching	64	50^*	58^*	37^*	59^*	53^*	40^*	36^*	34^*	39^*	59^*	51	42	64	63
Synonym judgement	96	81^*	69^*	47^*	71^*	27^*	NT	58^*	NT	68^*	78^*	59	68	95	91
Phonological tests
Minimal pairs
Words	72	71	69	67	63	65	71	69	70	71	72	67	71	70	63
Nonwords	72	65	59^*	61^*	60^*	46^*	71	71	70	71	70	58	71	71	65
Phoneme segmentation
Addition	48	37	15^*	0^*	TA	20^*	48	38^*	44	37^*	45	18	42	^b	^b
Deletion	48	39^*	29^*	0^*	29^*	10^*	48	45	46	44	47	21	46	^b	^b
Rhyme judgement	48	46^*	39^*	25^*	29^*	31^*	46^*	40^*	46^*	42^*	43^*	34	43	48	47
Rhyme production^c	24	19	12^*	8^*	TA	0^*	24	23	20	23	22	10	23	22	17
Digit span
Forwards	-	6	6	4^*	6	3^*	8	8	8	7	5	5.0	7.2	7	5
Backwards	-	3	2^*	1^*	2^*	2^*	4	5	4	4	3	2.0	4.0	5	3

Patients are arranged in order of word recall accuracy.

indicates abnormal performance. SD = semantic dementia. TSA = Transcortical sensory aphasia. PPT = pyramids and palm trees. NT = not tested. TA = Testing abandoned.

= Cut-off for normal participants at 2 SD below mean.

= Controls perform at ceiling on these tests (Bird, Lambon Ralph, Seidenberg, McClelland, & Patterson, 2003).

= Includes rhyming nonword responses.