A comparison of 'errorless' and 'trial-and-error' learning methods for teaching individuals with acquired memory deficits

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-101

  Evans, Jonathan J ^a,b   Wilson, Barbara A ^a,b   Schuri, Uwe ^c   Andrade, Jackie ⁱ   Baddeley, Alan ⁱ   Bruna, Olga ^d   Canavan, Tony ^e   Sala, Sergio Della ⁱ   Green, Robin ^b   Laaksonen, Ritva ^f   Lorenzi, Lorena ^g   Taussik, Irene ^h  

^a The Princess of Wales Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f KL Institutti   (Finland)

^g Lab di Neuropsicologia Clinica   (Italy)

^h Hospital José Fernández   (Argentina)

ⁱ Princess of Wales Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ERROR; HUMAN; LEARNING; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033967362     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096020100389309     Document Type: Article

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