Neuropsychological profiling of symptom exaggeration and malingering

Journal of Forensic Neuropsychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 227-240

  Mittenberg, Wiley ^a   Aguila Puentes, Gisela ^b   Patton, Christine ^a   Canyock, Elizabeth M ^a   Heilbronner, Robert L ^c  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NW University Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

Daubert; Halstead Reitan Battery; Malingering; WAIS III; Wechsler Memory Scale

Indexed keywords

COURT; DATA ANALYSIS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HALSTEAD REITAN BATTERY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WITNESS;

EID: 0036971825     PISSN: 15211029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J151v03n01_03     Document Type: Review

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