Specificity of Malingering Detection Strategies in Older Adults Using the CVLT and WCST

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-262

  Ashendorf, Lee ^a   O'Bryant, Sid E ^a   McCaffrey, Robert J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

AGED; HUMANS; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0142177977     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/clin.17.2.255.16502     Document Type: Article

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