Further validation of the expanded auditory verbal learning test for detecting poor effort and response bias: data from temporal lobectomy candidates

Noah Silverberg; Joseph Barrash

doi:10.1080/13803390490919326

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Further validation of the expanded auditory verbal learning test for detecting poor effort and response bias: data from temporal lobectomy candidates

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Further validation of the expanded auditory verbal learning test for detecting poor effort and response bias: data from temporal lobectomy candidates

Noah Silverberg and Joseph Barrash

Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, Vol.27(7), pp.907-914

10/2005

DOI: 10.1080/13803390490919326

PMID: 16183623

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Abstract

The present study aimed to further examine the specificity of the Exaggeration Index of the expanded Auditory Verbal Learning Test procedure for detecting inadequate effort or response bias in a nonlitigating sample with unequivocal brain damage. Data from 56 patients with intractable epilepsy undergoing presurgical evaluation for temporal lobectomy were analyzed. In this sample, specificity was excellent at the recommended cut-off (94%), and comparable to that of another well-researched instrument for detecting inadequate effort, the Recognition Memory Test. Findings strongly support the generalizability of the specificity estimates obtained by Barrash et al. and, more broadly, the clinical utility of the Exaggeration Index. To facilitate diagnostic decision-making, the probability of invalid performances associated with each score on the Exaggeration Index, based on all clinical cross-validation samples reported to date, is also presented.

Reproducibility of Results

Humans

Middle Aged

Probability

Male

Verbal Learning - physiology

Learning Disorders - etiology

Acoustic Stimulation - methods

Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data

Sensitivity and Specificity

Anterior Temporal Lobectomy - adverse effects

Adult

Female

Psychosurgery

Details

Title: Subtitle: Further validation of the expanded auditory verbal learning test for detecting poor effort and response bias: data from temporal lobectomy candidates
Creators: Noah Silverberg - Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Joseph Barrash
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, Vol.27(7), pp.907-914
DOI: 10.1080/13803390490919326
PMID: 16183623
NLM abbreviation: J Clin Exp Neuropsychol
ISSN: 1380-3395
eISSN: 1744-411X
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group; England
Language: English
Date published: 10/2005
Academic Unit: Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Center On Aging
Record Identifier: 9984066141602771

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