Detecting malingerers by means of response-sequence analysis

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1190-1201

  Linschoten, Miriam R ^a,c   Harvey Jr , Lewis O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 18844423554     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196845     Document Type: Article

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