Table 2.

Characteristics of samples in Study 2. Means (+ SDs) and ranges, unless otherwise indicated.

	Normal Elderly	Alzheimer’s Disease	p
N	56	20
Sex (M/F), #	25/31	12/8	<.238
Age, yrs.	78.16 (7.49)	72.45 (8.36)	<.006
Education, yrs.	15.08 (2.34)	15.05 (3.36)	.965
Mini-Mental State Exam, score	28.48 (1.50)	22.20 (3.94)	<.001
Boston Naming Test (30-item), score	28.58 (1.39) (N=19)	23.21 (4.76) (N=19)	<.001
Auditory Naming Test, # correctly named	16.40 (3.21) Range 7-20	14.10 (3.61) Range 6-20	<.001
Auditory Naming Test, # correctly recognized	2.89 (2.35)	4.25 (2.17)	.001
Visual Naming Test, # correctly named	18.49 (1.50) Range 15-20	16.20 (2.40) Range 9-20	<.001
Visual Naming Test, # correctly recognized	1.40 (1.41)	3.05 (2.24)	.001