The treatment of object naming, definition, and object use in semantic dementia: The effectiveness of errorless learning

Aphasiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 749-775

  Robinson, Sheila ^a,b   Druks, Judit ^a   Hodges, John ^c   Garrard, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Errorless learning; Object naming; Object use; Semantic dementia; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERRORLESS LEARNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA;

EID: 68049108267     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030802235195     Document Type: Article

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