Right hemisphere stroke and the California Verbal Learning Test: a preliminary study.
METHODS
This study examines group and individual performance on word list recall and recognition in 52 patients with unilateral right hemisphere stroke.


RESULTS
On the California Verbal Learning Test, List A, Trials 1-5, patients achieved a mean score of 30.31 (SD = 13.94), which is below the mean standard score of 50 (SD = 10) in a normal population. Patients demonstrated below-average performance on other immediate and delayed recall trials and on free- and cued-recall tasks. 67% of patients showed improved performance across learning trials.


CONCLUSIONS
Results provide support for encoding deficits with reduced rate of learning and inconsistent recall across trials.
Halper
Anita S
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Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Academy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Cherney
Leora R
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D011594:Psychometrics; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology*; D014706:Verbal Learning