Are effort measures sensitive to cognitive impairment?

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1426-1431

  Willis, Pamelia F ^a   Farrer, Thomas J ^b   Bigler, Erin D ^b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83255173958     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00168     Document Type: Article

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