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Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 841-849

  Larrabee, Glenn J ^a,d   Millis, Scott R ^b   Meyers, John E ^c  

^a Independent Practice   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Center for Neurosciences Orthopedics and Spine   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Base rate; Diagnostic discrimination; Invalid data

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALINGERING; MEDICAL SERVICE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MAGIC; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGIC; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 69849104088     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040902796735     Document Type: Note

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