Overview of neuropsychological findings
| Authors (year) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calderon et al (submitted)133 | Connor et al (1998)18 | Galasko et al (1996)32 | Gnanalingham et al (1997)33 | Hansen et al (1990)6) | Sahgal et al (1992)15 16 | Sahgal et al (1995)31 | Salmon et al (1996)12 | Shimomura et al (1998)17 | Walker et al (1997)28 | |
| Mean age of DLB patients | 72.5 | 75.9 | 73.2 | 76.4 | 80.1 | 77.3 | 75.0 | 72.6 | 73.6 | 73.1 |
| Mean MMSE of DLB patients | 20 | 19.5 | 21 | 12.5 | 16.8 | 19.4 | 21.1 | 23.2 | 16.4 | 20.3 |
| n | 10 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 17 |
| Perceptual and spatial skills: | ||||||||||
| ADAS: Construction | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT>DLB | — |
| CAMCOG: visual perception | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB |
| CAMCOG: visuospatial praxis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT>DLB |
| Clock drawing | — | — | DAT=DLB | NC>DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Copy clock | — | — | DAT>DLB | NC>DAT>DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Copy cube | — | — | DAT>DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Copy a cross | — | — | — | — | DAT>DLB | — | — | — | — | — |
| Delayed matching to sample | — | — | — | — | — | NC>DAT>DL B | — | — | — | — |
| Kendrick digit copying task | — | — | — | — | — | NC>DAT>DL B | NC>DAT=DLB | — | — | — |
| Matching to sample | — | — | — | — | — | NC>DAT=DL B | — | — | — | — |
| MDRS: construction | — | DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Visual reproduction test (copy) | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — |
| VOSP: cubes | NC=DAT>DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VOSP: letters | NC=DAT>DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VOSP: object decision | NC=DAT>DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VOSP: shape detection screening test | NC=DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VOSP: silhouettes | NC>DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WISC/WAIS-R: block design | — | — | DAT>DLB | — | DAT>DLB | — | — | — | DAT>DLB | — |
| Attention and executive ability: | ||||||||||
| CAMCOG: abstract reasoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB |
| CANTAB: attentional set shifting | — | — | — | — | — | NC>DAT=DL B | — | — | — | — |
| CANTAB: visual search | — | — | — | — | — | NC=DAT>DL B | — | — | — | — |
| Della Sala dual performance test | NC=DAT>DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Letter fluency | NC>DAT=DLB | — | DAT>DLB | NC>DAT=DLB | DAT>DLB | — | — | DAT=DLB, NC>DLB | — | — |
| MDRS: attention | — | DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nelson card sort | — | — | — | NC>DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Raven's coloured progressive matrices | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT>DLB | — |
| TEA: elevator counting | NC=DAT>DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TEA: elevator counting with distraction | NC>DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TEA: map search | NC>DAT>DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WAIS-R: digit symbol substitution | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT>DLB | — |
| WAIS-R: object assembly | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT>DLB | — |
| WAIS-R: picture arrangement | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT>DLB | — |
| WAIS-R: picture completion | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB | — |
| Episodic and working memory: | ||||||||||
| ADAS: recall | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DLB>DAT | — |
| ADAS: recognition | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB | — |
| Busche-Fuld selective reminding test | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — |
| CAMCOG: current information | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB |
| CAMCOG: delayed recall | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DLB > DAT |
| CAMCOG: orientation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB |
| CAMCOG: remote memory | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB |
| Coris blocks | — | — | — | — | — | — | NC>DAT=DLB | — | — | — |
| Digit span: backward | NC>DAT>DLB | — | — | NC>DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Digit span: forward | NC=DAT>DLB | — | DAT=DLB | NC>DAT=DLB | DAT>DLB | — | — | DAT=DLB | DAT=DLB | — |
| Kendrick object learning task | — | — | — | — | — | NC>DAT=DL B | NC>DAT=DLB | — | — | — |
| Logical memory: % of story recalled | NC>DLB>DA T | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MDRS: memory | — | DLB>DAT | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MDRS: orientation | — | DLB>DAT | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MDRS: sentence recall | — | DLB>DAT | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MMSE: date | — | DLB>DAT | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MMSE: orientation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DLB>DAT | — |
| MMSE: time | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB | — |
| MMSE: word recall | — | DLB>DAT | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Visual reproduction test (delayed copy) | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — |
| Semantics: | ||||||||||
| Boston naming test | — | — | DAT=DLB | — | DAT=DLB | — | — | DAT=DLB, NC>DLB | — | — |
| CAMCOG: naming | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB |
| Category fluency | NC>DAT=DLB | — | DAT=DLB | NC>DAT=DLB | DAT=DLB | — | — | DAT=DLB, NC>DLB | — | DAT=DLB |
| Graded naming test | NC>DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MDRS: conceptualisation | — | DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WAIS-R: comprehension | — | — | — | — | — | NC>DAT=DLB | NC>DAT=DLB | — | DAT=DLB | — |
| WAIS-R: information | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB | — |
| WAIS-R: similarities | — | — | — | — | DAT>DLB | — | — | DAT=DLB, NC>DLB | DAT=DLB | — |
| WAIS-R: vocabulary | — | — | — | — | DAT=DLB | NC>DAT=DLB | NC>DAT=DLB | — | DAT=DLB | — |
| Other: | ||||||||||
| Motor sequencing task | — | — | — | NC>DAT=DLB | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| National adult reading test | — | — | — | — | — | NC>DAT=DLB | NC>DAT=DLB | — | — | — |
| Simple pointing latency | — | — | — | — | — | — | NC>DAT=DLB | — | — | — |
| Trails A | — | — | DAT>DLB | — | — | — | — | DAT>DLB, NC>DLB | — | — |
| WAIS/CAMCOG: arithmetic | — | — | DAT>DLB | — | DAT=DLB | — | — | — | DAT=DLB | DAT=DLB |
| Writing to dictation | — | DAT>DLB | — | — | DAT>DLB | — | — | — | — | — |
NC=normal controls.
Italics denote better DAT than DLB performance.
Bold denotes better DLB than DAT performance.