Errorless learning and spaced retrieval: how do these methods fare in healthy and clinical populations?
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol
; 33(4): 432-47, 2011 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
While errorless learning and spaced retrieval have both proved effective in helping many patients with acquired brain injury (ABI) and dementia learn novel information, it is not clear which of these principles we should apply to target treatment most effectively. To address this issue we conducted a systematic comparison of these principles in three experiments, comparing their effectiveness in healthy controls (N = 60), patients with ABI (N = 30), and patients with dementia (N = 15). Participants were asked to learn face-name associations, and the relative effectiveness of the principles over and above trial-and-error learning was investigated. The results were remarkably consistent across experiments Both errorless learning and spaced retrieval produced greater accuracy in name recall than did trial-and-error learning, but recall under conditions of spaced retrieval was significantly better than that under errorless learning. We discuss the implications of these findings and suggest that spaced retrieval may be the stronger memory rehabilitation principle when it comes to learning face-name associations in people with mild to moderate memory impairment.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Recuerdo Mental
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Aprendizaje por Asociación
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Percepción Espacial
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Lesiones Encefálicas
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Demencia
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Discapacidades para el Aprendizaje
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido