A direct comparison of errorless and errorful therapy for object name relearning in Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-234

  Noonan, Krist A ^a   Pryer, Louise R ^a   Jones, Roy W ^a   Burns, Alistair S ^b   Lambon Ralph, Matthew A ^b  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anomia; Errorless learning; Memory rehabilitation; Therapy; Trial and error learning

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOMIA; CUES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863289501     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2012.655002     Document Type: Article

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