Application of signal detection theory to verbal memory testing to distinguish patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures from patients with epileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 597-603

  McNally, Kelly A ^a   Schefft, Bruce K ^a,b   Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^b   Howe, Steven R ^a   Yeh, Hwa Shain ^b   Privitera, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Recognition memory; Response bias; Signal detection theory; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THEORY; VERBAL MEMORY; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WORD LIST RECALL;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; ROC CURVE; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VERBAL LEARNING; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 63749110468     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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