The effect of distraction on the word memory test and test of memory malingering performance in patients with a severe brain injury

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1074-1080

  Batt, Kellie ^a   Shores, E Arthur ^a   Chekaluk, Eugene ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dual Task; Effort; Sensitivity; Simulation; Specificity; TOMM; WMT

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST OF MEMORY MALINGERING; WORD MEMORY TEST;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SIMULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 55349100243     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561770808137X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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