Fig. 4

Semantic memory/language impairment correlates with anterior and medial temporal atrophy. Pearson correlation analysis of neuropsychological test performance versus temporal brain atrophy regions evaluated with a previously validated imaging rating scale for patients with definite PART was performed and only the statistically significant correlations are shown (p < 0.05). “Vegetables” represents the number of vegetables a subject can name in 1 min. “Animals” represents the number of animals a subject can name in 1 min. a Anterior temporal lobe atrophy is associated with decreased semantic memory/language, given by the animals (r = − 0.5823, p = 0.0056) and b vegetables naming tests (r = − 0.6371, p = 0.0019). c Medial temporal lobe atrophy is also associated with decreased semantic memory/language, given by the vegetables naming test (r = − 0.4445, p = 0.0435)