Age- and gender-adjusted normative data for the German version of Rey's Auditory Verbal Learning Test from healthy subjects aged between 50 and 70 years

• Published in: Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 32 - 42
• Main Authors: Speer, Paula, Wersching, Heike, Bruchmann, Sabine, Bracht, Dorothea, Stehling, Christoph, Thielsch, Meinald, Knecht, Stefan, Lohmann, Hubertus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hove Routledge 01.01.2014; Psychology Press
• Subjects: Accuracy; Age; Age Factors; Aged; Aging - physiology; Auditory verbal learning test; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Germany - epidemiology; Humans; Learning - physiology; Male; Medical sciences; Memory, Episodic; Mental Recall - physiology; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological assessment; Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data; Norms; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Recognition (Psychology) - physiology; Reference Values; Sex Factors; Speech Perception - physiology; Techniques and methods; Verbal Learning - physiology; Verbal memory; Germany; Human; Verbal learning; Healthy subject; Neuropsychological assessment; Sex; Neuropsychological test; Norms; Psychometrics; Cognition; German; Gender; Standards; Verbal memory; Hearing; Accuracy; Acquisition process; Auditory Verbal Learning Test Rey; Language; Perception; Perceptive learning; Age; Auditory verbal learning test; Psychometric standardization
• ISSN: 1380-3395; 1744-411X; 1744-411X
• DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2013.863834

Rey's Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) is widely used to evaluate dysfunctional episodic memory. The current study aimed to provide extended age- and gender-specific norms for the German AVLT for individuals older than 50 years. In 690 subjects, a comprehensive medical examination including a structural 3.0-tesla magnetic resonance imaging scan was administered, as well as extensive neuropsychological tests. After controlling for exclusion criteria, 407 subjects were included in the analysis. AVLT performance decreased with age, and women outperformed men. We present age- and gender-specific normative data for the German AVLT from subjects aged between 50 and 70 years.