1. LEARNING WITHOUT FACTS.
- Author
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Fischman, Josh
- Subjects
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ALZHEIMER'S patients , *ACTIVITIES of daily living , *TASKS , *PSYCHOLOGISTS , *ALZHEIMER'S disease , *TASK performance , *GERIATRIC psychiatry , *PERSONAL finance , *BEHAVIORAL scientists - Abstract
Focuses on a new method to help Alzheimer's patients learn how to keep track of money. Task-training of patients by psychologists at the University of Miami; Why learning in Alzheimer's is limited; How patients learned to count change; Length of time the gains lasted; Comments of David Loewenstein, coauthor of a study in "American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry."
- Published
- 2004