Use of specific malingering measures in a Spanish sample

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 710-722

  Vilar López, Raquel ^a,c   Gómez Río, Manuel ^b   Caracuel Romero, Alfonso ^a   Llamas Elvira, Jose ^b   Pérez García, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECEPTION; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN;

EID: 46849100657     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390701684562     Document Type: Article

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