The validity of the letter memory test as a measure of memory malingering: Robustness to coaching

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 249-254

  Greub, Becca L ^a   Suhr, Julie A ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forced choice test; Letter memory test; Malingering sample

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33745727859     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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