Table 2.

The three steps of the verbal memory rehabilitation program.

Step	Session number	Objectives	Tasks
First	S1	To mobilize cognitive processes recruited by mental imagery.	Draw objects with increased complexity; describe them overtly; describe visual characteristics of images representing objects and perform mental manipulations of geometric forms; create semantic associations between words.
Familiarization with construction of a mental image and how to structure verbal material.
Second	S2–S3	Explicit utilization of mental imagery strategy with verification and feedback on strategies.	Create integrative mental images by using two words (descriptions and drawings).
Create mentally absurd scenes including 4–5 words in each (descriptions and drawings).
Third	S4–S12	Training of mental imagery strategy without feedback.	Encode lists of words (300 lists, number of words increased as a function of patient's performance).