title: Applicability of the Rey auditory-verbal learning test to an adult sample in Brazil.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test, which is used to evaluate learning and memory, is a widely recognized tool in the general literature on neuropsychology. This paper aims at presenting the performance of Brazilian adult subjects on the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test, and was written after we published a previous study on the performance of Brazilian elderly subjects on this same test.
  
  
  METHODS
  A version of the test, featuring a list of high-frequency one-syllable and two-syllable concrete Portuguese substantives, was developed. Two hundred and forty-three (243) subjects from both genders were allocated to 6 different age groups (20-24; 25-29; 30-34; 35-44; 45-54 and 55-60 years old). They were then tested using the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Performance on the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test showed a positive correlation with educational level and a negative correlation with age. Women performed significantly better than men. When applied across similar age ranges, our results were similar to those recorded for the English version of the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that the adaptation of the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test to Brazilian Portuguese is appropriate and that it is applicable to Brazilian subjects for memory capacity evaluation purposes and across similar age groups and educational levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Morphology, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: João Vinícius
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Salgado
authors.forename: Leandro Fernandes
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Malloy-Diniz
authors.forename: Suzana Silva Costa
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Abrantes
authors.forename: Lafaiete
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Carlos Guilherme
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Schlottfeldt
authors.forename: Wanderlane
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.forename: Djeane Marcely Ugoline
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fuentes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001938:Brazil; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult