Edouard Claparède and the auditory verbal learning test.
This paper describes the role of the Swiss psychologist Edouard Claparède (1873-1940) in developing the Test de mémoire des mots (Test of Memory for Words), a test consisting of one free-recall trial of a 15-word list that is the antecedent of the auditory verbal learning tests (AVLT) of Rey and others. The fact that Claparède's test has survived in modified form for 80 years makes it one of the oldest mental tests in continuous use. In addition to developing the AVLT, Claparède's pioneering contributions to neuropsychology include forensic assessment of cognitive deficits and research on implicit learning in amnesia.
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, and The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Houston, TX, United States of America. cboake@heart.med.uth.tmc.edu
D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000266:history*; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*