Although the detection of conscious fabrication (i.e., malingering) of cogn
itive symptoms has been the recipient of burgeoning interest within the las
t 10 years in the empirical and clinical neuropsychological literature, whe
ther conversion/somatization results in similarly noncredible cognitive pro
files has not been formally investigated. Two thirds (13 of 19) of subjects
with cognitive complaints and 1-3/3-1 code types on the MMPI/MMPI-2 showed
evidence of noncredible cognitive performance (i.e., failure on malingerin
g tests and/or a "malingering" pattern on standard neuropsychological tests
). These results suggest that symptom fabrication associated with somatizat
ion/conversion personality orientations can extend to noncredible cognitive
complaints and not just the oft-described physical manifestations.