Detecting malingered neurocognitive dysfunction using the reliable digit span in traumatic brain injury

Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-308

  Mathias, Charles W ^b   Greve, Kevin W ^a   Bianchini, Kevin J ^d   Houston, Rebecca J ^c   Crouch, John A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Assessment; Forensic; Malingering; Neuropsychology; Response bias; Wechsler adult intelligence scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0036716207     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191102009003009     Document Type: Article

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