Performance profiles and cut-off scores on the Memory Assessment Scales

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 489-496

  O'Bryant, Sid E ^a   Duff, Kevin ^b   Fisher, Jerid ^c   McCaffrey, Robert J ^a,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c Brain Injury Consultants   (United States)

^d Albany Psychological Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Malingering; Memory Assessment Scales; TBI litigants; Test of Memory Malingering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; MEMORY ASSESSMENT SCALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 2442547199     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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