NCT07345481

Stimulus Equivalence Learning in Acquired Brain Injury.

The Principle of Stimulus Equivalence Learning and Its Neuropsychological Correlates in Adults With Acquired Brain Injury (ABI).

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Klimmendaal Revalidatiespecialisten · Network
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Stimulus Equivalence Learning (SEL) is a form of learning in which stimuli (such as words, pictures, or sounds) become linked to one another in memory, even though this specific connection has not been directly taught. In a typical SEL task, two relations are taught explicitly (A→B and A→C), and the untrained relation (B→C) is then tested. This indirect relation is not intentionally or consciously learned and is considered a form of implicit learning. The principle of stimulus equivalence learning is still rarely applied in cognitive rehabilitation after acquired brain injury (ABI), with the exception of a few small (N=1) treatment studies that have shown positive effects. However, it remains unclear to what extent ABI may affect the ability to acquire stimulus equivalence.

Conditions

• Acquired Brain Injury (Including Stroke)

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-01-01
• Primary completion: 2026-09-01
• Completion: 2026-09-01
• First posted: 2026-01-15
• Last updated: 2026-01-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands