Czech version of Rey Auditory Verbal Learning test: Normative data

• Published in: Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 693 - 721
• Main Authors: Bezdicek, Ondrej, Stepankova, Hana, Moták, Ladislav, Axelrod, Bradley N., Woodard, John L., Preiss, Marek, Nikolai, Tomáš, Růžička, Evžen, Poreh, Amir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Routledge 02.11.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Czech Republic; Educational Status; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological Tests - standards; Normative data; Rey Auditory Verbal Learning test; Verbal Learning; Verbal memory; Young Adult; Czech Republic; Rey Auditory Verbal Learning test; Verbal memory; Normative data
• ISSN: 1382-5585; 1744-4128
• DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2013.865699

The present study provides normative data stratified by age for the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning test Czech version (RAVLT) derived from a sample of 306 cognitively normal subjects (20-85 years). Participants met strict inclusion criteria (absence of any active or past neurological or psychiatric disorder) and performed within normal limits on other neuropsychological measures. Our analyses revealed significant relationships between most RAVLT indices and age and education. Normative data are provided not only for basic RAVLT scores, but for the first time also for a variety of derived (gained/lost access, primacy/recency effect) and error scores. The study confirmed a logarithmic character of the learning slope and is consistent with other studies. It enables the clinician to evaluate more precisely subject's RAVLT memory performance on a vast number of indices and can be viewed as a concrete example of Quantified Process Approach to neuropsychological assessment.