New measures to detect malingered neurocognitive deficit: Applying reaction time and event-related potentials

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 766-776

  Vagnini, Victoria L ^a   Berry, David T R ^a   Clark, Jessica A ^a   Jiang, Yang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Event related potential; Malingered neurocognitive deficit; Memory malingering; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRODE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HONESTY; HUMAN; MALINGERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 51349122314     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390701754746     Document Type: Article

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