The Rey Audotory Verbal learning Test (RAVLT) is an episodic test that influenced by demographic variables, such as age, education, and gender. Classic word list learning has also been well documented to be an experimental cognitive paradigm that is very useful for the detection of Alzheimer's disease. The present study analyzed the perfomance of heatly elderly subjects in the RAVLT, describing the effects of age, education, and gender. To verify its construct validity, the RAVLT was compared with delayed recall and recogonition scores on the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (DR-BCSB). The sample comprised 183 congnitively healthly elderly subjects from outpatient care units of two university reference centers in Rio de janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil. All participants were subjected to physical and neurological evaluation and neuropsychological assessment. Perason's correlation and Student's test were used to investigate the influence of demographic variables on RAVLT perfomarce. To verify convergent-type contruct validity, a correlation between RAVLT and DR.BCSB scores was calculated. Significant correlations were found between age and A1 - A5 (r=383,p <01), A5-A1 (r= -054, p<01), A7 (r=-3,61, p<01) and RECA (r= -2.88, p<01). Educational level correlated with A1 - A5 (r= 405, p<01), A5 - A1 (r= 184, p<01) A7(r= 334, p<01) and REC A (r= 329, p<01).
