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Acquisition and long-term retention of a gross motor skill in Alzheimer's disease patients under constant and varied practice conditions
Author(s)Malcolm B Dick, Rodman W Shankle, Richard E Beth, Cordula Dick-Muehlke
Journal titleThe Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 51B, no 2, March 1996
Pagespp P103-P111
KeywordsDementia ; Cognitive processes ; Learning capacity.
AnnotationReports on a study which identified a method for teaching motor skills to persons with Alzheimer's disease, and demonstrated that cognitively impaired individuals are able to retain procedural information over a period of time.
Accession NumberCPA-960509005 A
ClassmarkEA: DA: DE

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