Verbal fluency indicators of malingering in traumatic brain injury: Classification accuracy in known groups

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 930-945

  Curtis, Kelly L ^a,b   Thompson, Laura K ^a   Greve, Kevin W ^a,b   Bianchini, Kevin J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b Jefferson Neurobehavioral Group   (United States)

Author keywords

COWAT: Known groups; Malingering; Traumatic brain injury; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; PATIENT CODING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 50649100855     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040701563591     Document Type: Article

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