PMID: 9547963Apr 21, 1998Paper

Malingering of memory impairment on the Colorado Priming Test

The British Journal of Clinical Psychology
B E McGuire, E A Shores

Abstract

We hypothesized that simulated malingerers would show a weaker priming effect and a longer response latency than control patients and patients with a brain injury on a priming test. Participants were compared on their performance on the Colorado Priming Test to replicate and extend the original validation study. Of 33 participants, 16 were people with a brain injury and 17 were non-head injured control patients who were also instructed to feign cognitive impairment (simulators N = 17). Up to 88 per cent of simulating malingerers and 75 per cent of head-injured participants were correctly classified. The Colorado Priming Test may be useful in identifying patients feigning memory impairment.

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Mar 10, 2001·Journal of Clinical Psychology·B E McGuire, E A Shores

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