title: Lying in neuropsychology.
abstract: The issue of lying occurs in neuropsychology especially when examinations are conducted in a forensic context. When a subject intentionally either presents non-existent deficits or exaggerates their severity to obtain financial or material compensation, this behaviour is termed malingering. Malingering is discussed in the general framework of lying in psychology, and the different procedures used by neuropsychologists to evidence a lack of collaboration at examination are briefly presented and discussed. When a lack of collaboration is observed, specific emphasis is placed on the difficulty in unambiguously establishing that this results from the patient's voluntary decision.
authors.affiliation: Université catholique de Louvain, institut de psychologie, 70, avenue du Cor-de-Chasse, 1170 Bruxelles, Belgium. Electronic address: Xavier.Seron@uclouvain.be.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Seron
mesh_terms: D008192:Deception; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D008014:Lie Detection / Q000523:psychology; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009484:Neuropsychology; D063189:Symptom Assessment
keywords: Biais de réponse; Consciousness; Expertise neuropsychologique; Lying; Malingering; Mensonge; Neuropsychology; Simulation; Somatoform disorder; Symptoms Validity Test (SVT); Symptoms validity tests; Trouble cogniforme; Trouble somatoforme