Feigned neurocognitive deficit: Taxon or dimension?

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 584-593

  Walters, Glenn D ^a,e   Berry, David T R ^b   Rogers, Richard ^c   Payne, Joshua W ^c   Granacher Jr , Robert P ^d  

^a FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e Psychology Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort measures; Feigned neurocognitive deficit; Malingering; Taxometric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPENSATION; HUMAN; LETTER MEMORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; TEST OF MEMORY MALINGERING; VICTORIA SYMPTOM VALIDITY TEST;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67651250779     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390802363728     Document Type: Article

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