title: The Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test: normative data developed for the Venezuelan population.
abstract: The Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) is a neuropsychological tool widely used to assess functions such as attention, memory, and learning ability in the auditory-verbal domain. Norms for the test have been developed in many different languages and they show different relationships with demographic variables. The main objective of this research was to develop specific norms for the Venezuelan population, with particular focus on the influences of age, education, gender, and socioeconomic status. A Spanish version of the test was administered to a quota sample of 629 healthy adults. Pearson's correlation analysis (p < .001) showed a significant association between RAVLT performance and age (r = -.401), education (r = .386), and socioeconomic status (r = -.196), but not between RAVLT performance and gender (r = -.054). Due to the strength of the correlations, only age and education were considered in the development of final norms.
authors.affiliation: Private Bag 3, University of the Witwatersrand, 2050, Gauteng, South Africa.
authors.forename: Aline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferreira Correia
authors.forename: Ilva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Campagna Osorio
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D014687:Venezuela; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Demographics; Learning; Memory; Norms; RAVLT