Detection of simulated memory impairment in 6- to 11-Year-old children

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-118

  Gunn, David ^a   Batchelor, Jennifer ^a   Jones, Mike ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Patient simulation; Prevalence; ROC curve; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COGNITION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SIMULATION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77951049049     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040903352564     Document Type: Article

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