title: [A comparison of the performances between healthy older adults and persons with Alzheimer's disease on the Rey auditory verbal learning test and the Test de rappel libre/rappel indicé 16 items].
abstract: The aim of this research was to compare the performances of healthy elderly (n=40) and individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD, n=40) on the RL/RI 16, a French adaptation of the Free and cued selective reminding test (FCSRT) and on the Rey auditory verbal learning test (RAVLT). These two verbal episodic memory tests are frequently used in clinical practice in French-speaking populations. Results showed that the RAVLT demonstrated a slightly better sensitivity and sensibility than the RL/RI 16. The RAVLT allowed to classify participants of the two groups without any overlap. Moreover, no floor effect was observed in the RAVLT in AD and ceiling effects were less pronounced in normal controls that in the RL/RI 16. Results observed in the RL/RI 16 showed important ceiling effects and a decline in performance on free recall throughout trials in AD patients. Nonetheless, the latter tool was less sensitive to recency effects than the RAVLT and may thus provide a more realistic view of the long-term memory performance of these patients. The semantic cues provided in the RL/RI 16 appeared to increase intrusions in AD whereas the interference list in the RAVLT was the first source of false recognitions in both healthy elderly and AD. In conclusion, this paper demonstrates both the advantages and disadvantages of these two tools in the evaluation of episodic memory in elderly with and without cognitive deficits.
authors.affiliation: Département de psychologie et Institut des sciences cognitives, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Drolet
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal & Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Guillaume T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Vallet
authors.affiliation: Clinique de mémoire, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke, Centre de santé et des services sociaux, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imbeault
authors.affiliation: Département de psychologie et Institut des sciences cognitives, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lecomte
authors.affiliation: Département de psychologie et Institut des sciences cognitives, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Limoges
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal & Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joubert
authors.affiliation: Département de psychologie et Institut des sciences cognitives, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada, Centre de recherche, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rouleau
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D011581:Psychological Tests; D014706:Verbal Learning
keywords: Alzheimer's disease; RAVLT; RL/RI 16; aging; episodic memory