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Malingering of memory impairment on the Colorado Priming Test
Author(s) -
McGuire Brian E.,
Shores E. Arthur
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01282.x
Subject(s) - malingering , psychology , audiology , memory impairment , priming (agriculture) , memory test , cognitive impairment , test (biology) , cognition , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , paleontology , botany , germination , biology
Objectives . 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. Design . Participants were compared on their performance on the Colorado Priming Test to replicate and extend the original validation study. Methods . Of 33 participants, 16 were people with a brain injury and 17 were nonhead injured control patients who were also instructed to feign cognitive impairment (simulators N = 17). Results . Up to 88 per cent of simulating malingerers and 75 per cent of head‐injured participants were correctly classified. Conclusions . The Colorado Priming Test may be useful in identifying patients feigning memory impairment.