Table 1

Patient’s performance on standard neuropsychological assessment

AssessmentScore
WAIS-R subtests (age scaled scores):
 Information 13
 Digit span  9
 Vocabulary 13
 Arithmetic  9
 Comprehension 10
 Similarities 10
 Picture completion 13
 Picture arrangement 16
 Block design 13
 Object assembly 14
 Digit symbol 10
Verbal IQ103
Performance IQ120
Full scale IQ111
Estimated premorbid IQ (NART)115
Mini mental state examination28/30
Language:
 Boston naming test55/60
 Speed and capacity of language processing:
  Spot the word A (scaled score) 16
  Speed of comprehension A (scaled score)  8
  Discrepancy  8 (< 5th %ile)1-150
Memory:
 Forward digit span  6
 Backward digit span  5
 Spatial span  5 (controls 4.9 (SD 0.6))
Recognition memory test:
 Words50/50
 Faces49/50
Hopkins verbal learning test:
 Free recall21/36
 Discrimination index11/12
Visual perception:
 Visual object and space perception battery:
  Incomplete letters 19
  Silhouettes 23
  Object decision 17
  Progressive silhouettes  8
  Dot counting  6 (< 5th %ile)†
  Position discrimination 19
  Number location 10
  Cube analysis 10
Executive:
 Tower of London (average number of moves)2/2, 3/3, 5.25/4, 5.5/5
 Verbal fluency (FAS, 60 seconds each)49
 Six elements test:
  Number of tasks attempted5/6
  Number of rule breaks  0
  Mean time on task  2 min, 22 s
 Cognitive estimations  7 errors
 Modified card sorting test:
  Categories achieved  3 (controls 4.6 (SD 1.1))
  Perseverative errors 11 (controls 4.6 (SD 3.7))

  • ↵1-150 Baddeley et al 22; † Warrington and James.23