The Efficacy of the Generation Effect in Improving New Learning in Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 290-296

  Lengenfelder, Jean ^a,b   Chiaravalloti, Nancy D ^a,b   DeLuca, John ^a,c  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of Medicine and Dentistry

Author keywords

cognitive rehabilitation; generation effect; learning and memory; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RECALL; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 34548832742     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.52.3.290     Document Type: Article

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