Today we give you our conversation about performance validity tests with Dr. Kyle Boone. Kyle is a board certified clinical neuropsychologist in private practice in Torrance, California. This episode represents an extension of our prior discussion with Kyle about test security, so listen to that one if you can, although it’s not a prerequisite for this one.
About Kyle
Kyle Brauer Boone, Ph.D., ABPP-ABCN, is currently in private practice in Torrance, California. She served as director of the Neuropsychology Testing Service at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center from 1986 to 2008, and from 1997 to 2008 she was a tenured professor within the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA. From 2008 until 2016 she was a full professor within the California School of Forensic Studies at Alliant International University. She has published over 130 peer-reviewed articles in the area of neuropsychological assessment, primarily regarding the development and validation of neurocognitive performance validity tests, and also has authored/co-authored/edited seven books, the most recent of which, a second edition of Assessment of Feigned Cognitive Impairment: A Neuropsychology Perspective, was released in 2021. She has also served as first author on two position papers related to psychological/neuropsychological test security: the 2022 Official Position of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology on Test Security, and the 2024 Interorganizational Practice Committee position paper (“Attorney demands for protected psychological test information: Is access necessary for cross examination or does it lead to misinformation?”). She is board certified in clinical neuropsychology (ABPP/ABCN), served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology until January of 2024, and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the National Academy of Neuropsychology. She also was the 2020 recipient of the Ralph M. Reitan Award for Clinical Excellence (2020) from the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and in 2023 received the Distinguished Service Award to the Profession of Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).