Fixed-interval and randomized-interval spaced retrieval training seem to have comparable outcomes for improving confrontation naming performance in three persons with aphasia, but the jury is still outFootnote1

¹Abstracted from: Morrow, K. L., & Fridriksson, J. (2006). Comparing fixed- and randomized-interval spaced retrieval in anomia treatment. Journal of Communication Disorders, 39, 2–11.

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