A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING AN UPDATED SET OF WORDS FOR USE IN AN AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST

摘要

According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method of determining an updated set of words for use in an auditory verbal learning test, AVLT, on a first subject, the method comprising receiving, by a processing unit, an initial set of words for use in an AVLT, wherein the initial set comprises a predetermined number of a plurality of words stored in a database; processing, by the processing unit, the initial set to determine feature values for the initial set; extracting, by the processing unit, one or more words from the database based on a desired level of similarity between the feature values associated with the one or more extracted words and the feature values of the initial set; and selecting, by the processing unit, one or more of the extracted words to include in an updated set of words for use in an AVLT for the first subject.