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Detecting malingered neurocognitive dysfunction is a major issue in forensic context, particularly in legal proceeding/insurance assessment after a traumatic brain injury (TBI), condition frequently associated with persistent cognitive impairments that may potentially be related to malingering. Consequently, research has devoted considerable efforts on developing tools to verify symptoms authenticity. This study compared two freestanding performance validity tests (PVTs) (Amsterdam Short-Term Memory Test-ASTM; Word Completion Memory Test-WCMT) and five embedded PVTs (Rey Complex Figure Test-RCFT-Copy and Recall trials; Reliable Digit Span-RDS; Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test-RAVLT-Recognition and Total Learning trials) in a sample of 120 participants, including 15 patients with TBI (
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