The test was standardized on a large national sample. Internal consistency and alpha reliabilities for the test are generally high. validity studies consistently show that the test is moderately show that the test is moderately correlated with the WISC-R vocabulary subtest.In contrast to other tests, however, the CVLT-C provides substantially more diagnostic information.It is beginning to find a variety of clinical uses.For example, recent syudies suggest that the CVLT can be used to detect whether patients are faking head injury in order to gain benefits.