Table 1

Demographic, clinical, neuropsychological (ACE-R, FAB and PPT) and diagnosis for each participant with semantic dementia and for the group of 12 controls

Case numberDemographicsSymptom durationPresenting clinical featuresACE-RFABPPTDiagnosis
L171, male, left-handed, 15 years of education8 yearsAnomia
Impaired single-word comprehension
Surface dyslexia
Obsessional behaviour
431125svPPA
L269, male, right-handed, 9 years of education7 yearsAnomia
Impaired single-word comprehension
Surface dyslexia
Inability to use previously familiar tools
930svPPA
R359, male, right-handed, 14 years of education6 yearsRigid obsessional behaviour
Reduced empathy
Prosopagnosia
Anomia
Impaired single-word comprehension
Surface dyslexia
791548R-SD
R468, male, right-handed, 16 years of education5 yearsRigid obsessional behaviour
Reduced empathy
Prosopagnosia
Anomia
Impaired single-word comprehension
Surface dyslexia
771128R-SD
L564, female, right-handed, 14 years of education4 yearsAnomia
Impaired single-word comprehension
Surface dyslexia
Prosopagnosia
Concrete thinking
721644svPPA
L666, male, left-handed, 17 years of education4 yearsAnomia
Impaired single-word comprehension
Surface dyslexia
Withdrawn behaviour
Prosopagnosia
711848svPPA
L764, male, right-handed, 13 years of education6 yearsAnomia
Impaired single-word comprehension
Surface dyslexia
Mild prosopagnosia
681547svPPA
Twelve controlsAge: 65.5 (range 55–74, SD 7.1)
Sex: 6:6
Education years: 15.8 (range 11–19, SD 2.1)
NANA95.3 (range 89–99, SD 3.2)
  • ACE-R, Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination—Revised; FAB, Frontal Assessment Battery; PPT, Pyramids and Palm Trees; R-SD, right semantic dementia; svPPA, semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia.