Paris Visual Learning Test: a New French Task for Assess Visual Learning and Memory to Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Paris Visual Learning Test (PVLT): a New French Task for Assess Visual Learning and Memory to Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Cognitive impairment affects up to 65% of multiple sclerosis (MS) subjects, especially memory function.

Rothschild Foundation has developped the Paris Visual Learning and memory Test (PVLT). 165 healthy volunteers were studied for its normalization.

The main objective of the present study is to assess the validity of PVLT by comparing MS patients' test results to a database including the test results of 280 healthy control subjects, following recommended international standards.

Inclusion Criteria:

• multiple sclerosis
• 20-89 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• acute inflammatory stage of central nervous system (< 1 month)
• other neurological or psychiatric disease
• regular drug and/or alcohol consumption
• refusal to participate in the study
• no health insurance coverage
• patient under legal protection