TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance measures of 16- to 86-year-old males and females on the auditory verbal learning test
AU - Geffen, Gina
AU - Moar, K. J.
AU - O'Hanlon, A. P.
AU - Clark, C. R.
AU - Geffen, L. B.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - This study reports Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) data for 153 adults in age groups spanning seven decades, with approximately equal numbers of males and females and matched for intelligence, education, and occupation. Overall performance deteriorated with increased age, females performing better than males. Older subjects recalled fewer words, were more susceptible to information overload during input, showed diminished retrieval efficiency, and had a decline in memory for the source of items. In contrast, rate of learning, forgetting over 20-min, monitoring of recall, and interference effects remained stable across the age range.
AB - This study reports Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) data for 153 adults in age groups spanning seven decades, with approximately equal numbers of males and females and matched for intelligence, education, and occupation. Overall performance deteriorated with increased age, females performing better than males. Older subjects recalled fewer words, were more susceptible to information overload during input, showed diminished retrieval efficiency, and had a decline in memory for the source of items. In contrast, rate of learning, forgetting over 20-min, monitoring of recall, and interference effects remained stable across the age range.
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U2 - 10.1080/13854049008401496
DO - 10.1080/13854049008401496
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0025290392
SN - 0920-1637
VL - 4
SP - 45
EP - 63
JO - Clinical Neuropsychologist
JF - Clinical Neuropsychologist
IS - 1
ER -