Traumatic Brain Injury Alters Word Memory Test Performance by Slowing Response Time and Increasing Cortical Activation: An fMRI Study of a Symptom Validity Test

Psychological Injury and Law

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-146

  Allen, Mark D ^a,d   Wu, Trevor ChuangKuo ^a   Bigler, Erin D ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Riverwoods Imaging Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort testing; fMRI; Neuropsychological assessment; Symptom validity testing; Word Memory Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 81955162955     PISSN: 1938971X     EISSN: 19389728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12207-011-9105-4     Document Type: Article

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