ABSTRACT

To address the potential role of memory deficits in summarizing a story, a test of verbal recall, the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT)-Children's Versions (Delis, Kramer, Kaplan, & Ober, 1986) was given. The CVLT measures free recall of a 15-word list given in five consecutive trials. The sum of recall over all five trials was the memory measure (raw score) used in this study.