TY - JOUR
PY - 2016//
TI - Faking bad: the neural correlates of feigning memory impairment
JO - Neuropsychology
A1 - Kosheleva, Elena
A1 - Spadoni, Andrea D.
A1 - Strigo, Irina A.
A1 - Buchsbaum, Monte S.
A1 - Simmons, Alan N.
SP - 377
EP - 384
VL - 30
IS - 3
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The detection of malingering in cognitive performance is a challenge in clinical and legal environments. Neuroimaging may provide an objective method for delineation of malingering.
METHOD: A heterogeneous with concern of gender and racial-ethnic identity of 22 healthy volunteers completed the Tombaugh Test of Memory Malingering during an fMRI scan. Subjects were either instructed to perform optimally (not feigning) or to perform "as if they had a mild traumatic brain injury with memory impairment" (feigning).
RESULTS: A voxel-based multiple regression analysis revealed that during correct responses there was greater activation in the superior and medial prefrontal cortex during the feigning versus the not-feigning responses.
CONCLUSIONS: This finding suggests that falsified memory performance requires greater activation of cognitive control networks to determine a correct selection. (PsycINFO Database Record
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0894-4105 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/neu0000251 ID - ref1 ER -