Neuropsychological assessment of suboptimal performance: The Word Memory Test;Neuropsychologische diagnostik suboptimalen leistungsverhaltens mit dem Word Memory Test

Nervenarzt

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 882-887

  Brockhaus, R ^a   Merten, T ^b  

^a Alexianer Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM IM FRIEDRICHSHAIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malingering; Memory; Negative response bias; Neuropsychological assessment; Suboptimal cognitive performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALINGERING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD MEMORY TEST;

ADULT; AMNESIA; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 4744349308     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-003-1592-4     Document Type: Article

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