Table 2

Cognitive tests constituting the neuropsychological profile assessing each domain of cognitive functioning

Median rating
DomainNeuropsychological tasks upon which ratings basedDLBAD
MemoryImmediate and delayed free recall, cued recall and recognition of a story (/12), recalling and recognising famous faces after a delay (/9), orientation for time and place (/10)00
LanguageConversational speech, series speech, naming to confrontation and from description, word repetition, reading, writing, spelling11
PerceptionIdentification of 10 line drawings and nine famous faces22
Spatial functionTracing road map, locating the centre of a circle, line bisection, copying drawings, geographical localisation11
Executive functionPicture sequencing, copying motor hand sequences, Weigl's blocks (/9)01