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Visual Memory Test: Title and subTitle BreakThe Simulation of Mental Incompetence

ARTHUR L. BENTON, Ph.D.; OTFRIED SPREEN, Ph.D.
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Submitted for publication July 19, 1960.

This investigation was supported by a research grant (B-616) from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, U.S. Public Health Service.


Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1961;4(1):79-83. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1961.01710070081010
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Introduction  The simulation or exaggeration of behavioral inefficiency referable to presumptive brain injury is a persistent problem in clinical practice. Subjective complaints of excessive fatigability, impairment in memory, difficulty in concentration, and disturbances in work-capacity are always somewhat difficult to evaluate. They are particularly so when questions of compensation for injuries received or a pension are involved in the case.

Introduction  When an individual who is simulating mental incompetence or exaggerating the severity of his behavioral disability following some incident which may have produced brain injury is given a battery of psychological tests, it is reasonable to suppose that his performance will be on a lower level than that which he is actually capable of and that he will attempt to perform in a manner which he believes to be characteristic of a brain-damaged patient. One question which arises in this respect is how successful

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Benton, A. L.: The Revised Visual Retention Test: Clinical and Experimental Applications , New York, The Psychological Corporation, 1955;.
Siegel, S.: Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavorial Sciences , New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1956;.
Lindquist, E. F.: Design and Analysis of Experiments in Psychology and Education , Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953;.
Wahler, H. J.:  A Comparison of Reproduction Errors Made by Brain-Damaged and Control Patients on a Memory-For-Designs Test , J. Abnorm. & Social Psychol. 52:251-255, 1956;.

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Benton, A. L.: The Revised Visual Retention Test: Clinical and Experimental Applications , New York, The Psychological Corporation, 1955;.
Siegel, S.: Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavorial Sciences , New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1956;.
Lindquist, E. F.: Design and Analysis of Experiments in Psychology and Education , Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953;.
Wahler, H. J.:  A Comparison of Reproduction Errors Made by Brain-Damaged and Control Patients on a Memory-For-Designs Test , J. Abnorm. & Social Psychol. 52:251-255, 1956;.

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