Demonstration of savings on the AVLT and development of a parallel form

The purposes of the present study were (1) to investigate whether significant savings occur with repeat testing on Rey's Auditory-Verbal Learning Test and (2) to develop a parallel version of the AVLT. Subjects (N = 60) were divided into pairs (individually matched for sex, age, and education) to form two groups and were administered either the AVLT or a parallel version. Results indicated no significant differences on all AVLT measures of learning, recall, and recognition, suggesting that the parallel version can be used as an equivalent form of the AVLT. Subjects were retested after an interval of 27 (+/- 3) days, with half receiving the same version and half receiving a different version. In contrast to subjects receiving different lists, those who were retested with the same version demonstrated a significant improvement in performance on the majority of AVLT variables.