Structuring the Acquisition and Retrieval Environment to Facilitate Learning in Individuals with Dementia of the Alzheimer Type

Memory

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-130

  Hutton, S ^a   Sheppard, L ^a   Rusted, J M ^a   Ratner, H H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030101539     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096582196388997     Document Type: Article

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