Examining the test of memory malingering trial 1 and word memory test immediate recognition as screening tools for insufficient effort

Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-222

  Bauer, Lyndsey ^a   O'Bryant, Sid E ^b,e   Lynch, Julie K ^c   Mccaffrey, Robert J ^a,c   Fisher, Jerid M ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBANY NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d Brain Injury Consultants Inc   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort; Malingering; Screening measure; Test of Memory Malingering; Word Memory Test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MALINGERING; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECOGNITION; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547662123     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191106297617     Document Type: Article

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