Simulating a memory impairment: Can amnesics implicitly outperform simulators?

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-48

  Cochrane, Haydee J ^a   Baker, Gus A ^a   Meudell, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MALINGERING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031932733     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01277.x     Document Type: Article

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