“The Mind Is Its Own Place”: Amelioration of Claustrophobia in Semantic Dementia

Table 1

Neuropsychological profile of LC 6 years after onset of symptoms.

Cognitive domain	Raw score	Percentile*/normal range^†
General intellect (WASI)
Verbal IQ	84
Performance IQ	93
Executive function
Stroop test: colour-word inhibition	60 s	25–50th
WMS-R Digit Span:
Forwards	9/12 Max: 7	50th–75th
Backwards	9/12 Max: 6	90th–95th
Episodic memory
Visual recognition:
Faces	39/50	10th
Words	27/50	5th
Language
Graded Naming Test	0/30	<1st
Synonyms:
Concrete	18/25	<2nd
Abstract	16/25	<2nd
British Picture Vocabulary Scale (BPVS)	136/150	>144/150^†
Pyramids and palm trees—pictures	45/52	<5th
Reading (NART)	27/50	N/A
Semantic memory: faces
Famous faces: recognition	7/12	<10th^‡
Famous faces: naming	2/12	<5th^†
Visual perceptual
Object decision VOSP	16	5–25th
Incomplete letters	20/20	>99th
Position discrimination	20/20	>99th

∗As applicable using WASI: Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence [18]; Stroop, Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System Stroop Test [19]; Recognition Memory Tests [20]; GNT: Graded Naming Test [21]; Concrete and Abstract Word Synonym Test [22]; BPVS: British Picture Vocabulary Scale [23]; Pyramids and Palm Trees Test [24]; NART: National Adult Reading Test [25]; VOSP: Visual Object and Space Perception Battery [26].
†Based on normative data from an historical group of 100 healthy controls aged 55–70 years [27].
‡Local unpublished normative data from 310 controls aged 55–70 years.