Exaggeration index for an expanded version of the auditory verbal learning test: Robustness to coaching

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 416-427

  Suhr, J ^a   Gunstad, J ^b   Greub, B ^a   Barrash, J ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 4644234234     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390490510121     Document Type: Article

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