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People with traumatic brain injury (TBI) experience memory and learning
difficulties. Difficulty in the initial acquisition of information is a primary
reason people with TBI experience difficulties in learning and memory. Treatment
focusing on improving the acquisition of information will likely improve both
recall and recognition performance. In the "generation effect," items
self-generated are remembered better than items read or otherwise provided. The
purpose of this study was to examine the application of the generation effect in
improving memory for functional activities. The study used a within-subjects
design and included 10 participants with TBI and 15 healthy control participants.
Results demonstrated that material learned under the generated learning
conditions was recalled better than when generated under provided learning
conditions. This finding was true in both the TBI and the control groups. These
results provide initial evidence supporting the use of self-generation to improve
new learning of functional tasks for people with TBI.

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