Detection of insufficient effort using the advanced clinical solutions for the wechsler memory scale, fourth edition

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 160-172

  Miller, Justin B ^a   Millis, Scott R ^a   Rapport, Lisa J ^a   Bashem, Jesse R ^a   Hanks, Robin A ^b   Axelrod, Bradley N ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Effort; Logistic regression; Malingering; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 79251508032     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2010.533197     Document Type: Article

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