The Word Completion Memory Test (WCMT) A new test to detect malingered memory deficits
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The Word Completion Memory Test (WCMT): a new test to detect malingered memory deficits.
In recent years, much research has focused on developing tests to detect malingering. A drawback of existing tests is their poor ability to detect malingerers possessing more "sophisticated" knowledge of neuropsychological deficits. The current study presents preliminary validation data on a new measure, the Word Completion Memory Test (WCMT), which is the first malingering test to utilize a so...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0887-6177
DOI: 10.1016/s0887-6177(00)00077-9