"sandbagging" baseline test performance on ImPACT, without detection, is more difficult than it appears

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 236-244

  Schatz, Philip ^a   Glatts, Colette ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coached versus na ve malingering; Concussion; ImPACT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879146283     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/act009     Document Type: Article

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