The advantage of errorless learning for the acquisition of new concepts' labels in alcoholics

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 497-502

  Pitel, A L ^a   Perruchet, P ^b   Vabret, F ^a,c   Desgranges, B ^a   Eustache, F ^a   Beaunieux, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Errorless learning; Explicit memory; Implicit memory; Semantic learning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 76649126736     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709990626     Document Type: Article

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