The residual effect of feigning: How intentional faking may evolve into a less conscious form of symptom reporting

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-139

  Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Jelicic, Marko ^a   Pieters, Maarten ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice blindness; Malingering; Neuropsychological assessment; Self deception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHECKLIST; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651275666     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2010.495055     Document Type: Article

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