Visual Spatial Learning Test: Normative data and further validation.

The Visual Spatial Learning Test (VSLT) is a nonverbal memory test that requires minimal language and motor abilities. Normative data are presented for VSLT measures of learning, delayed memory, and intrusion errors for 455 Ss (aged 56–97 yrs). The normative sample is an open community sample that was not screened for memory impairment using psychometric procedures. Validity of these normative data was then assessed by application to a group of patients with dementia. Sequential application of cutoff scores for intrusion errors, learning, and delayed memory correctly identified 87.9% of demented and 78.9% of normal Ss. The VSLT appears to be a test of recognition and cued memory that may be appropriately included in a psychometric battery for the assessment of dementia. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)