Age- and gender-adjusted normative data for the German version of Rey’s Auditory Verbal Learning Test from healthy subjects aged between 50 and 70 years

Abstract

Rey’s Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) is widely used to evaluate dysfunctional episodic memory. The current study aimed to provide extended age- and gender-specific norms for the German AVLT for individuals older than 50 years. In 690 subjects, a comprehensive medical examination including a structural 3.0-tesla magnetic resonance imaging scan was administered, as well as extensive neuropsychological tests. After controlling for exclusion criteria, 407 subjects were included in the analysis. AVLT performance decreased with age, and women outperformed men. We present age- and gender-specific normative data for the German AVLT from subjects aged between 50 and 70 years.

Keywords:

• Neuropsychological assessment
• Norms
• Accuracy
• Verbal memory
• Auditory verbal learning test.

Funding

This research was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [grant number Kn 285/6-1], [grant number Kn 285/6-3]; Volkswagen Stiftung [grant number Az.: I/80 708]; Marie Curie Research and Training Network: Language and Brain (RTN:LAB) funded by the European Commission [grant number MRTN-CT-2004-512141]; Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)-Competence Network Mednet Atrial Fibrillation, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)-Research Consortium [grant number 01GW0520]; and the Neuromedical Foundation Münster. There are no conflicts of interest affecting this manuscript.