How successful is errorless learning in supporting memory for high and low-level knowledge in dementia?

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 505-536

  Haslam, Catherine ^a   Gilroy, Donna ^a   Black, Sarah ^b   Beesley, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33748413912     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010500231867     Document Type: Article

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