Performance and Specificity Rates in the Test of Memory Malingering: An Investigation Into Pediatric Clinical Populations

Applied Neuropsychology: Child

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-30

  Loughan, Ashlee R ^a   Perna, Robert ^b  

^a Westside Neurorehabilitation Services   (United States)

^b Walton Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical diagnosis; neuropsychology; pediatrics; Test of Memory Malingering; TOMM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84887928781     PISSN: 21622965     EISSN: 21622973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2012.670584     Document Type: Article

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