McGuire B E, Shores E A
Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Br J Clin Psychol. 1998 Feb;37(1):99-102. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01282.x.
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.
