High specificity of the word memory test and medical symptom validity test in groups with severe verbal memory impairment

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 86-94

  Green, Paul ^a,d   Montijo, Jorge ^b   Brockhaus, Robbi ^c  

^a Private Practice   (Canada)

^b Private Practice Group   (Puerto Rico)

^c Alexianer Krankenhaus Krefeld   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

dementia; effort; malingering; specificity; SVT

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958747088     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084282.2010.523389     Document Type: Article

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