Gp. Prigatano et al., SUSPECTED MALINGERING AND THE DIGIT MEMORY TEST - A REPLICATION AND EXTENSION, Archives of clinical neuropsychology, 12(7), 1997, pp. 609-619
This study replicated a previous finding that suspected malingerers of
ten perform at a level worse than patients with unequivocal brain dysf
unction on the Digit Memory Test (DMT). lin addition, it,vas demonstra
ted that patients suffering from aphasia as well as temporal and ''fro
ntal lobe'' damage perform at a level higher than suspected malingerer
s. DMT performance of patients with trite dementia, however; may be di
fficult to distinguish from suspected malingerers. If an individual is
not demented (as judged by such tests as the BNI Screen for Higher Ce
rebral Functions) and performs at a level less than 95% across three t
rials of the DMT the question of noncooperation with testing procedure
s or ''malingering'' should be considered. (C) 1997 National Academy o
f Neuropsychology. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.