The relevance of the episodic memory in the prediction of brain aging is well known. The Face Name Associative Memory Exam (FNAME) is a valued associative memory measure related to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) biomarkers, such as amyloid-β deposition preclinical AD individuals. Previous validation of the Spanish version of the FNAME test (S-FNAME) provided normative data and psychometric characteristics. The study was limited to subjects attending a memory clinic and included a reduced sample with gender inequality distribution. The purpose of this study was to assess S-FNAME psychometric properties and provide normative data in a larger independent sample of cognitively healthy individuals.

S-FNAME was administered to 511 cognitively healthy volunteers (242 women, aged 41–65 years) participating in the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative cohort study.

Factor analysis supported construct validity revealing two underlying components: face-name and face-occupation and explaining 95.34% of the total variance, with satisfactory goodness of fit. Correlations between S-FNAME and Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test were statistically significant and confirmed its convergent validity. We also found weak correlations with non-memory tests supporting divergent validity. Women showed better scores, and S-FNAME was positively correlated with education and negatively with age. Finally, we generated normative data.

The S-FNAME test exhibits good psychometric properties, consistent with previous findings, resulting in a valid and reliable tool to assess episodic memory in cognitively healthy middle-aged adults. It is a promising test for the early detection of subtle memory dysfunction associated with abnormal brain aging.

情景记忆在预测大脑衰老中的相关性是众所周知的。人脸名称联想记忆检查 (FNAME) 是一项有价值的联想记忆测量，与阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 生物标志物相关，例如淀粉样蛋白-β 沉积临床前 AD 个体。FNAME 测试 (S-FNAME) 的西班牙语版本的先前验证提供了规范数据和心理测量特征。该研究仅限于参加记忆诊所的受试者，并包括性别不平等分布的减少样本。本研究的目的是评估 S-FNAME 心理测量特性，并在更大的认知健康个体独立样本中提供规范数据。

S-FNAME 对参与巴塞罗那脑健康倡议队列研究的 511 名认知健康志愿者（242 名女性，年龄在 41-65 岁）进行管理。

因子分析支持结构效度，揭示了两个基本成分：人脸名称和人脸职业，并解释了总方差的 95.34%，具有令人满意的拟合优度。S-FNAME 和 Rey 听觉-语言学习测试之间的相关性具有统计学意义，并证实了其收敛有效性。我们还发现与支持不同有效性的非记忆测试的相关性较弱。女性表现出更好的分数，S-FNAME 与教育呈正相关，与年龄呈负相关。最后，我们生成了规范数据。

S-FNAME 测试表现出良好的心理测量特性，与先前的研究结果一致，从而为评估认知健康的中年成年人的情景记忆提供了一种有效且可靠的工具。对于早期发现与异常大脑衰老相关的细微记忆功能障碍来说，这是一项很有前景的测试。