Teaching memory-impaired people to touch type: The acquisition of a useful complex perceptual-motor skill

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 486-506

  Todd, Mary ^a,b   Barrow, Corinne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Brain and Spinal Injury Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Memory impairment; Skill acquisition; Touch typing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMETRY; TEACHING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; TEACHING; TOUCH;

EID: 46049119217     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010701824015     Document Type: Article

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