Applicability of the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test to an adult sample in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

João Vinícius Salgado¹  Leandro Fernandes Malloy-diniz²  Suzana Silva Costa Abrantes²  Lafaiete Moreira²  Carlos Guilherme Schlottfeldt²  Wanderlane Guimarães²  Djeane Marcely Ugoline Freitas²  Juliana Oliveira²  Daniel Fuentes² 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Department of MorphologyBelo Horizonte MG ,Brazil

关键词: Memory;    Auditory perception;    Learning;    Neuropsychological tests;    Adult;    Memória;    Percepção auditiva;    Aprendizagem;    Testes neuropsicológicos;    Adulto;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-44462011005000007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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. METHOD: 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. CONCLUSION: 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.

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