California Verbal Learning Test (California Verbal Learning Test-II)

Synonyms

CVLT

Description

The California Verbal Learning Test-II (CVLT-II) is the latest (2000) version of a widely used verbal learning and memory test. The current version contains recalling and recognition of two lists of words over immediate and delayed trials. List A includes 16 words and requires the examinee to recall the list over five trials. List B (interference), which is also 16 words, is administered after List A for one trial. Short-delay free recall and cued recall are administered after List B. A 20-min delay follows the short-delay recalls, followed by nonverbal testing. Long-delay recall, long-delay-cued recall, and yes/no-recognition trials of List A follow the 20-min delay. A revision of the CVLT-II is the addition of a forced choice recognition after a 10-min delay following the yes/no trial.

Another revision of the CVLT-II is the inclusion of a short form (nine words) and an alternate form. The short form was created for the purpose of screening or for patients...