Potential for interpretation disparities of Halstead-Reitan neuropsychological battery performances in a litigating sample

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 809-817

  Yantz, Christine L ^a   Gavett, Brandon E ^a   Lynch, Julie K ^b   McCaffrey, Robert J ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ALBANY NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Age and education; Demographic corrections; Forensic neuropsychology; Neuropsychological assessment; Normative data

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HALSTEAD REITAN NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL BATTERY TEST; HEATON MILLER TAYLOR AND GRANT DEFICIT SCALE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RATING SCALE; REITAN AND WOLFSON NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DEFICIT SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST OF MEMORY MALINGERING; VALIDATION STUDY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 33750618427     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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