1st Edition

Errorless Learning and Rehabilitation of Language and Memory Impairments

Edited By Paul Conroy, Matthew Lambon Ralph Copyright 2013
208 Pages
by Psychology Press

208 Pages
by Psychology Press

This special issue of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation brings together seven newly published studies from a range of invited international researchers in the fields of language and memory disorders and their rehabilitation. The studies address a range of current themes within these fields. Critical consideration is made of the concept of errorless learning in light of the current learning... Read more

1. Introduction: Errorless Learning and Rehabilitation of language and memory impairments P. Conroy and M.A. Lambon Ralph

2. Errorless learning in cognitive rehabilitation: A critical review E. L. Middleton and M. Schwartz

3. Contributions of frontal and medial temporal lobe functioning to the errorless learning advantage N. D. Anderson, E. Guild, et al

4. Quest for the best: Effects of errorless and active encoding on word re-learning in semantic dementia R. Jokel and N. D. Anderson

5. A direct comparison of errorless and errorful therapy for object name relearning in Alzheimer’s disease K. A. Noonan, L. R. Pryer, et al.

6. Contrasting effects of errorless naming treatment and gestural facilitation for word retrieval in aphasia A. Raymer, B. McHose, et al.

7. Error reduction therapy in reducing struggle and grope behaviours in apraxia of speech S. P. Whiteside, A. L. Inglis, et al.

8. Decreasing cues for a dynamic list of noun and verb naming targets: a case-series aphasia therapy study P. Conroy and J. Scowcroft

9. Overview of Special Issue on Errorless Learning and Rehabilitation of language and memory impairments in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and ways forward for future research P. Conroy and M.A. Lambon Ralph

Biography

Paul Conroy is Clinical Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy in the Neuroscience and Aphasia Research Unit (NARU), within the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Manchester, UK.

Matthew A. Lambon Ralph is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Associate Vice-President of Research in the Neuroscience and Aphasia Research Unit (NARU), within the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Manchester, UK.