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Errorless learning of face-name associations in early Alzheimer's disease.
Authors:
CLARE, L., WILSON, B. A., Breen, K., & HODGES, J. R.
Reference:
Neurocase, 5, 37-46
Year of publication:
1999
CBU number:
3761
Abstract:
Errorless learning principles were applied in an intervention designed to teach a 72-year-old man in the early stages of dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) the names of 11 members of his social club. The intervention incorporated verbal elaboration, vanishing cues and expanding rehearsal. The proportion of faces correctly named increased significantly, rising
