Neuropsychological testing

MMSE was 29/30; she missed the repetition item. Speech was nonfluent with a decreased number of words spoken per minute, short phrase length, and a stuttering output with articulatory groping. Comprehension was normal. Working memory was slightly diminished; she could only repeat four numbers backwards. She generated 17 animals in 1 minute but only 8 d words. The Trail-Making Test Trails B was performed slowly, but no errors were evident. Copying of the Rey-0 was precisely performed without error, and after 10 minutes she remembered 14 of 17 points on the drawing. She did well on verbal learning, remembering 9 of 9 words after 10 minutes. She correctly named 54 of 60 words on the Boston Naming Test and got three more with multiple choice. Recognizing facial emotions was normal.