Performance on the California Verbal Learning Test following right hemisphere stroke: a longitudinal study.
OBJECTIVE
This longitudinal study examines performance of individuals with right hemisphere damage (RHD) on the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT).


METHODS
18 participants were administered the CVLT during the acute phase (<3 months post onset) and then at subsequent times up to 2 years post onset.


RESULTS
Using List A, Trials 1-5, as a global measure of learning, participants at first testing demonstrated recall skills below the mean standard score of 50 (M = 32.56, SD = 13.90). There was significant improvement between initial and second testing (t = -2.92, p = .01). Changes between second and third testing and third and fourth testing were not significant.
Cherney
Leora R
LR
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Halper
Anita S
AS
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology*; D014706:Verbal Learning