Open AccessMayo Normative Studies: Regression-Based Normative Data for the Auditory Verbal Learning Test for Ages 30–91 Years and the Importance of Adjusting for Sex
Author(s) -
Nikki H. Stricker,
Teresa Christianson,
Emily S. Lundt,
Eva C. Alden,
Mary M. Machulda,
Julie A. Fields,
Walter K. Kremers,
Clifford R. Jack,
David S. Knopman,
Michelle M. Mielke,
Ronald C. Petersen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the international neuropsychological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.074
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1469-7661
pISSN - 1355-6177
DOI - 10.1017/s1355617720000752
Subject(s) - normative , psychology , population , raw score , test (biology) , california verbal learning test , regression analysis , recall , verbal learning , verbal memory , demography , multilevel model , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , gerontology , cognition , medicine , statistics , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , paleontology , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology , sociology , biology
Rey's Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) is a widely used word list memory test. We update normative data to include adjustment for verbal memory performance differences between men and women and illustrate the effect of this sex adjustment and the importance of excluding participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from normative samples.