Table 1.
Summary of neuropsychological findings in patients with semantic dementia and food aversion.
| COGNITIVE DOMAIN | CASE 1 | CASE 2 |
|---|---|---|
| General characteristics | ||
| Age | 57 | 58 |
| Symptom duration (years) | 7 | 5 |
| MMSE (/30) | 25 | 24 |
| General intellect | ||
| WASI Verbal IQ | 76 | 66 |
| WASI Performance IQ | 107 | 99 |
| Executive skills | ||
| Stroop D-KEFS color naming (s) | 37 | 53 |
| Stroop D-KEFS word naming (s) | 22 | 25 |
| Stroop D-KEFS ink color naming (s) | 40 | 84 |
| Trails Part A (s) | 19 | 40 |
| Trails Part B (s) | 70 | 122 |
| Language skills | ||
| GNT (/30) | 2 | 0 |
| BPVS (/150) | 117* | 52* |
| Concrete synonyms (/25)† | 18 | 12 |
| Abstract synonyms (/25)† | 12 | 13 |
| Episodic memory | ||
| RMT faces (/50) | 28 | 42 |
| RMT words (/50) | 39 | 43 |
| Other skills | ||
| WMS-R Digit Span Forward (max) | 8 | 6 |
| WMS-R Digit Span Reverse (max) | 7 | 4 |
| GDA (/24) | 4 | 2 |
| VOSP Object Decision (/20) | 14 | 16 |
Raw scores are shown with maximum scores in parentheses for each neuropsychological test unless otherwise indicated. Scores at or below the 5th percentile on standardized tests based on published norms are indicated in bold.
* Below 5th percentile referenced to a local cohort of 15 healthy age-matched females.
†Warrington, McKenna, and Orpwood (1998); BPVS, British Picture Vocabulary Scale (Dunn, Dunn, & Whetton, 1982); D-KEFS, Delis Kaplan Executive Function System (Delis, Kaplan, & Kramer, 2001); GDA, Graded Difficulty Arithmetic (Jackson & Warrington, 1986); GNT, Graded Naming Test (McKenna & Warrington, 1983); MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination score (Folstein, Folstein, & McHugh, 1975); NART, National Adult Reading Test (Nelson, 1982); PAL, Paired Associate Learning; RMT, Recognition Memory Test (Warrington, 1984); VOSP, Visual Object and Spatial Perception Battery (Warrington & James, 1991); WASI, Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (Wechsler, 1999); WMS-R, Wechsler Memory Scale Revised (Wechsler, 1987).