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 International Shopping List Task - Delayed Recall

Administration Time (in healthy volunteers): 2 Minutes

Cognitive Domain Usually Measured: Verbal Learning & Memory

Task Description:   

In this task the individual is not shown anything. They are asked: "Now we are going to go back to the shopping list I read to you earlier. I need you to try and remember the items on this list and tell me what they were. Are you ready to start?"

The test supervisor presses the "ENTER" key to begin and instructs the subject "Tell me as many of the items on the shopping list as you can remember." They then note all of the items recalled by the subject by clicking/touching the corresponding button on screen with the stylus or mouse.

Primary Outcome measures:

Unit of measurement: Number of correct responses

Description and interpretation of scores: Total number of correct responses made in remembering the list after a delay. (Higher score = better performance)

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