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Evaluation of Various Detection Strategies in the Assessment of Noncredible Memory Performance: Results of Two Experimental Studies.

Iulia Crişan, Florin Alin Sava, Laurenţiu Paul Maricuţoiu, Mugur Daniel Ciumăgeanu, Otilia Axinia, Lucian Gîrniceanu, Laura Ciotlăuş

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  1. Validity assessment in Eastern Europe: cross-validation of the Dot Counting Test and MODEMM against the TOMM-1 and Rey-15 in a Romanian mixed clinical sample.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2025
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Iulia CrişanDepartment of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Timiş County, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-1302-9921
Florin Alin SavaDepartment of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Timiş County, Romania.
Laurenţiu Paul MaricuţoiuDepartment of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Timiş County, Romania.
Mugur Daniel CiumăgeanuDepartment of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Timiş County, Romania.
Otilia AxiniaIndependent practice of clinical psychology, Timişoara, Timiş Country, Romania.
Lucian GîrniceanuIndependent practice of clinical psychology, Timişoara, Timiş Country, Romania.
Laura CiotlăuşIndependent practice of clinical psychology, Timişoara, Timiş Country, Romania.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis article investigates the accuracy of individual and combined indicators based on different strategies for detecting noncredible performance as part of a new test for the continuous assessment of short-term memory.

methodIn two independent studies, we assessed three groups of simulators, cognitively impaired patients, and nonimpaired community members with four tasks separated by a distractor.

resultsPairwise comparisons between receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves revealed significant differences between two clusters of indicators: mean recognition, inconsistent responses in recognition, and false positives (area under the ROC curves > .800) proved more accurate than delayed recall and false negatives (area under the ROC curves < .800) in discriminating simulators from patients. Likewise, both studies revealed that adding the false positives indicator based on cued recall to mean recognition incrementally improved classification accuracy (including sensitivity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value ) compared with the recognition indicator alone.

conclusionsOur results support the association of two distinct indicators for the assessment of noncredible performance, of which one should be a forced-choice indicator.

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MalingeringMental RecallHumansNeuropsychological TestsPredictive Value of TestsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and Specificitycognitive dysfunctiondetection strategiesexperimental designmalingeringmemory testsperformance validity

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PMID34423686
PMCPMC9597147

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