Rey auditory-verbal learning test: Development of norms for healthy young adults

TLDR

The Rey Auditory‑Verbal Learning Test is widely used in clinical neuropsychology for its multiple learning and memory measures and ease of administration, yet normative data for healthy adults remain scarce. The study proposes a data‑sharing and pooling framework to expand the presented normative matrix. Normative data were collected from 222 motivated job applicants and presented by WAIS‑R FSIQ, age, education, and age‑FSIQ combinations.

Abstract

Abstract The Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) has been widely used in clinical neuropsychology because of the usefulness of its multiple measures of learning and memory and its ease of administration. Normative data has been reported for some patient populations but little normative data exists for healthy individuals. This study reports AVLT data for 222 job applicants, presently employed in a variety of occupations, who had previously passed basic-academic-skills tests and physical examinations and were motivated to perform well on AVLT testing. AVLT normative data are presented by WAIS-R FSIQ, Age, Education, and by Age and FSIQ combined. We also present a proposal for sharing and pooling data to expand the data matrix we present.