THE RECOGNITION MEMORY TEST IN THE ASSESSMENT OF MEMORY IMPAIRMENT AFTER FINANCIALLY COMPENSABLE MILD HEAD-INJURY - A REPLICATION

The current investigation replicated the findings from a 1992 study by Millis. 20 subjects with claimed mild head injury who were seeking fi nancial compensation obtained significantly lower scores on both subte sts of the Recognition Memory Test than did 66 rehabilitation inpatien ts with documented moderate and severe traumatic brain injuries. The d irect discriminant function derived by Millis was cross-validated on t he current sample and yielded an improved over-all correct classificat ion rate of 83%, with 85% and 82% of the mild and severe traumatic bra in-injured subjects classified correctly, respectively. Over-all corre ct classification rate in the original study was 76%.