“…The VSVT manual provides recotnmended cut-off scores for hard memory items on the basis of binomial probability theory (Slick et al, 1997; see also Slick, Strauss, & Spellacy, 1996); hard item scores that are significantly above chance (i.e., 16-24), at chance (i.e., 8-15), and below chance (i.e., 0-7) have suggested interpretations of valid, questionable, and invalid, respectively. However, the VSVT hard item cutscores used in the present investigation were those that were pt-eviously identified as maximally efficient in discriminating between compensation-seeking patients involved in personal injury lawsuits and non-compensation-seeking patients with medically intractable epilepsy (Grote et al, 2000).…”