Known-groups cross-validation of the letter memory test in a compensation-seeking mixed neurologic sample

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 289-304

  Vagnini, Victoria L ^a   Sollman, Myriam J ^a   Berry, David T R ^a   Granacher, Robert P ^b   Clark, Jessica A ^a   Burton, Raejean ^a   O'Brien, Marta ^b   Bacon, Elizabeth ^b   Saier, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Lexington Forensic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HONESTY; HUMAN; LETTER MEMORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST OF MEMORY MALINGERING; VALIDATION STUDY; VICTORIA SYMPTOM VALIDITY TEST; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646797011     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040590947470     Document Type: Article

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