We have developed the Hebrew version of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), including novel subtests of temporal order memory not included in the original version, and used it to collect and analyze norms for adults and developmental norms for children aged 8-17 for use in assessment. This enabled us to determine which aspects of performance measured by the RAVLT are most sensitive to brain damage in children. We have published factor analyses of RAVLT performance, and developed new categories of analysis using the RAVLT instrument, such as measures of omissions and additions, and applied these categories in studies of brain-injured patients. We have also collected developmental norms for a battery of attention tests. Applying advanced methods of analysis to the data collected enables us to draw important conclusions regarding memory and attention abilities in various developmental populations.

• Vakil, E., Mass, M., & Schiff, R. (2019). Eye movement performance on the Stroop Test in adults with ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders. 23, 1160-1169.
• Silberg, T., Ahonniska-Assa, J., Levav, M., Eliyahu, R., Peleg-Pilowsky, T., Brezner, A., & Vakil, E. (2016). The effect of age-at-testing on verbal memory among children following severe traumatic brain injury. Child Neuropsychology, 8, 600-617.
• Vakil, E. (2012). Neuropsychological assessment: Principles, rationale, and challenges. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 34, 135-150.
• Vakil, E., Blachstein, H., Wertman-Elad, R., & Greenstein, Y. (2012). Verbal learning and memory as measured by the Rey – AVLT: ADHD with and without Learning Disabilities. Child Neuropsychology, 18, 449-466.
• Vakil, E., Greenstein, Y., Blachstein, H. (2010). Normative data for composite scores for children and adults derived from the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 24, 662-677.
• Vakil, E., Greenstein, Y., Sheinman, M., & Blachstein, H. (2009). Developmental changes in attention tests norms: Implications for the structure of attention. Child Neuropsychology, 15, 21-39.
• Vakil, E., Blachstein, H., & Sheinman, M. (1998). Rey AVLT: Developmental norms for children and the sensitivity of different memory measures to age. Child Neuropsychology, 4, 161-177.
• Vakil, E., & Blachstein, H. (1997). Rey AVLT: Developmental norms for adults and the sensitivity of different memory measures to age. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 11, 356-369.