Improving retention in alcoholic Korsakoff patients.
Use of visual images facilitated the storage and retrieval of verbal information, use of verbal cues facilitated the retention of nonverbal materials, and semantic analysis enhanced recognition of verbal material by alcoholic Korsakoff patients.
D000368:Aged; D000425:Alcohol Amnestic Disorder; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000187:drug effects; D008875:Middle Aged; D010153:Paired-Associate Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D010700:Phonetics; D012153:Retention, Psychology / Q000187:drug effects*; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000187:drug effects