Rey auditory-verbal learning test performance of patients with and without memory impairment

• Published in: Journal of clinical psychology Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 785 - 787
• Main Authors: Rosenberg, Samuel J., Ryan, Joseph J., Prifitera, Aurelio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brandon Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.05.1984; Wiley
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Memory; Mental Recall; Middle Aged; Neurocognitive Disorders - diagnosis; Neurocognitive Disorders - psychology; Nosology. Terminology. Diagnostic criteria; Psychological Tests; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Speech Perception; Techniques and methods; Verbal Learning; Human; Clinical test; Test validation; Verbal learning; Hearing; Auditory Verbal Learning Test Rey; Acquisition process; Perception; Psychometrics
• ISSN: 0021-9762; 1097-4679
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(198405)40:3<785::AID-JCLP2270400325>3.0.CO;2-4

Investigated performance on the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) of 92 psychiatric and neurological patients classified as memory‐impaired (N = 45) or non‐memory‐impaired (N = 47). The groups were comparable on age and education. Relative to the non‐memory‐impaired Ss, performance of the memory‐impaired patients was significantly lower on all AVLT scores, ps < 0.01. The AVLT appears to hold promise as a quick screening measure for the clinical evaluation of patients with suspected verbal learning and memory impairments.