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We performed receiver operating curve analysis to investigate the VAT\u2019s discriminatory ability between AD dementia and other diagnoses and compared it to that of other episodic memory tests. We tested associations between VAT performance and medial temporal lobe atrophy (MTA), and amyloid status (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 2,769, 77%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1355617724000079_as3\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients with AD dementia performed worse on the VAT than all other patients. The VAT discriminated well between AD and other types of dementia (area under the curve range 0.70\u20130.86), better than other episodic memory tests. Six-hundred forty patients (17.8%) learned all associations on VAT-A, but not on VAT-B, and they were more likely to have higher MTA scores (odds ratios range 1.63 (MTA 0.5) through 5.13 for MTA \u2265 3, all <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001) and to be amyloid positive (odds ratio = 3.38, 95%CI = [2.71, 4.22], <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001) than patients who learned all associations on both sets.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1355617724000079_as4\"><jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Performance on the VAT, especially on a second set administered immediately after the first, discriminates AD from other types of dementia and is associated with MTA and amyloid positivity. 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