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Review article : Rehabilitation of memory after brain injury: is there an effective technique?

Royal Hospital and Home Putney, London

AG Copello

Royal Hospital and Home Putney, London

Memory impairment is one of the commonest results of brain injury. This paper outlines the main cognitive approaches to treatment which have been made; it is concluded that there is little evidence that repeated or rote learning is an effective strategy. Mnemonic techniques such as visual imagery may help with certain kinds of information, but their use with brain-injured patients is limited. It is recommended that more emphasis be placed upon the utilization of suitable external aids, and that rehabilitation strategies are more likely to be of benefit if they draw on patients' residual learning abilities.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 4, No. 1, 63-69 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/026921559000400111


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