Pain, malingering, and performance on the WAIS-III processing speed index

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1218-1237

  Etherton, Joseph ^a,c   Bianchini, Kevin ^b,c   Heinly, Matthew ^b   Greve, Kevin ^b,c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c Jefferson Neurobehavioral Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE 3 PROCESSING SPEED INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33746329612     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390500346595     Document Type: Article

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