The Russian Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT): version comparison and normative data for children aged 5–18 years

The Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) is a widely used neuropsychological tool developed for assessing various aspects of verbal memory. We present a RAVLT version for Russian-speaking children, developed in digital form with two sets of materials. The current study aimed to investigate whether the two versions of the Russian RAVLT are equivalent in terms of psycholinguistic characteristics and whether participants perform comparably on them. Second, we computed the norms based on a large cohort of Russian-speaking children (n = 239) aged 5-18 years using a multivariate regression-based approach. Results demonstrated that the two test versions can be used interchangeably for memory assessment in children. Moreover, we determined the cutoff scores for performance on the nine raw trial scores and five composite scores (total learning, learning rate, retroactive interference, retention, and retrieval efficiency scores). Only age, but not sex or test version, modulated test performance. The new Russian RAVLT for children can be used by clinicians and researchers to detect memory impairments in the Russian-speaking pediatric population.