A brief symptom validity testing procedure for logical memory of the wechsler memory scale-revised which can demonstrate verbal memory in the face of claimed disability

Journal of Forensic Neuropsychology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-26

  Denney, Robert L ^a  

^a US Medical Center for Federal Prisoners Springfield   (United States)

Author keywords

Malingering; Memory; Symptom validity testing; Wechsler Memory Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLEGE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; SCREENING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0033405749     PISSN: 15211029     EISSN: 15407136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J151v01n01_02     Document Type: Article

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