Test-retest comparability and control subject data for the Rey-Auditory Verbal Learning Test and Rey-Osterrieth/Taylor Complex Figures.

This report presents data from a nonpatient sample considering the test-retest reliability and task comparability of the Rey-Osterrieth/Taylor Complex Figures and the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test. These tasks were presented to normal comparison subjects as a component of a large Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study on anticonvulsant effects in a manner typical of routine clinical use. The results suggest a high degree of reliability for the Rey-Auditory Verbal Learning Test, supporting its use for test-retest situations. However, cautions are discussed for the use of the Rey-Osterrieth-Taylor Complex Figure comparisons.