Table 2.
Background neuropsychological data for the semantic aphasia patients.
| Case | Age | Sex | YrsEd | Neuroimaging summary | BDAE classification | WPM | Naming | PPT-words | PPT-pics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max score | |||||||||
| NY | 63 | M | 10 | L frontal–temporal–parietal | Conduction | 60 | 55 | 42 | 47 |
| SC | 76 | M | 11 | L occipital–temporal (and R frontal–parietal) | Anomic/TSA | 59 | 28 | 51 | 50 |
| PG | 59 | M | 13 | L frontal and capsular (CT) | TSA | 58 | 46 | 43 | 42 |
| BB | 55 | F | 11 | L frontal and capsular (CT) | MTC | 54 | 10 | 35 | 41 |
| KH | 73 | M | 9 | L occipital–temporal and frontal | MTC | 54 | 30 | 39 | 41 |
| ME | 36 | F | 11 | L occipital–temporal | TSA | 50 | 5 | 39 | 29 |
| MS | 73 | F | 9 | – | Global | 46 | 0 | 34 | 41 |
| LS | 71 | M | 10 | L temporal–parietal–frontal | TSA | 37 | 5 | 39 | 31 |
| KA | 74 | M | 9 | L frontal–temporal–parietal (CT) | Global | 26 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| JM | 69 | F | 13 | L frontal–temporal–parietal (CT) | TSA | 53 | 30 | 44 | 35 |
YrsEd=years of education. BDAE=Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination WPM=10 alternative forced-choice word-picture matching. PPT=Pyramids and Palm Trees test. . TSA=transcortical sensory aphasia. MTC=mixed transcortical.