Do Old Errors Always Lead to New Truths? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Errorless Goal Management Training in Brain-Injured Patients

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 639-649

  Bertens, Dirk ^a   Kessels, Roy P C ^a,b,c   Fiorenzato, Eleonora ^d   Boelen, Danielle H E ^a,e   Fasotti, Luciano ^a,e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VINCENT VAN GOGH INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e Rehabilitation Medical Centre Groot Klimmendaal   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Chronic brain injury; Executive function; Learning; Randomized controlled trial; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944516287     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617715000764     Document Type: Article

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