Detecting feigned impairment with the Digit Span and Vocabulary subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Third Edition

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 741-753

  Schwarz, Lauren R ^a   Gfeller, Jeffrey D ^b   Oliveri, Michael V ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VOCABULARY; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33748808035     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040590967054     Document Type: Article

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