title: California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) performance in severely head-injured and neurologically normal adult males.
abstract: California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) performance was compared for 33 head-injured and 33 neurologically normal adult males. On learning trials, head-injured persons recalled fewer items than controls in general, though the percent of improvement between trials did not differ for these groups. Head-injured patients also demonstrated more intrusions and used semantic groupings less than did normal controls during learning trials. On delayed recall trials, head-injured persons remembered a smaller percentage of items they had learned earlier than did controls. Semantic cues aided recall for head-injured but not normal persons. Head-injured persons were less able to discriminate list from nonlist items during the recognition trial. Results indicated both retrieval and storage (i.e., encoding or retention) deficits for the head-injured group. The CVLT is a useful instrument for defining memory deficits in a head-injured population.
authors.affiliation: Irene Walter Johnson Institute of Rehabilitation, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63110.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Crosson
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Novack
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Trenerry
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Craig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000523:psychology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000523:psychology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D003128:Coma / Q000523:psychology; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011334:Proactive Inhibition; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D014706:Verbal Learning