Table 1

Cognitive test scores

Patient 1Patient 2
General cognitive function; Wechsler adult intelligence scale-revised (WAIS-R):
Full scale IQ138124
 Verbal IQ132132
 Performance IQ136109
Anterograde memory; Wechsler memory scale-revised (WMS-R):
General memory8997
 Delayed memory9174
 Verbal memory83107
 Visual memory10585
 Attention126121
Recognition memory; recognition memory test (RMT):
Words raw score40/50(10.3 percentile)44/50(63.8 percentile)
 Faces raw score42/50(23.4 percentile)37/50(7.6 percentile)
 Retrograde memory
Autobiographical memory inventory (AMI):
 FactsMaximum=21 for each period
  Childhood17Normal21Normal
  Early adult life21Normal21Normal
  Recent life21Normal14.5Definately abnormal
 IncidentsMaximum=9 for each period
  Childhood9Normal9Normal
  Early adult life6Normal6Borderline impairment
  Recent life9Normal7Normal
Tests of language comprehension and speed of mental processing:
 Graded naming test27/30Normal24/30Normal
 Paced auditory serial addition test
 2.4 s56/60(46 (5))1-150 33/60
  2.0 s52/60(40 (7))1-150 31/60
  1.6 s36/60(32 (8))1-150 34/60
  1.2 s29/60(22 (5))1-150 25/60
 Speed and capacity of language processing test:
 Sentences in 2 min (n)91/100(95th percentile)84/100(95th percentile)
  Spot the word58/60(95th percentile)56/60(90th percentile)
Frontal lobe or tests of executive function:
 FAS52(77–96th percentile)75(96th percentile)
 Cognitive estimations10(Moderate impairment)2Normal
 Modified card sorting test
 Catagories (n)4(Moderate impairment)5(Normal=5–6 categories)
  Errors149
  Perseverative errors22

  • ↵1-150 Comparison mean scores for healthy subjects, reported in Lezak33 and adapted from Gronwall and Wrightson.19