Improving Your Memory For Dummies

404 Pages·2002·4.23 MB·English

by  John B. Arden

Improving Your Memory For
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Dummies

by John B. Arden, Ph.D.
Improving Your Memory For Dummies®
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About the Author
John Boghosian Arden, Ph.D., is the Director of Training for Psychology in
the Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers in Northern California. In this
capacity, he oversees 20 training programs in as many medical centers. He is
also the local Director of Training at Kaiser Permanente in Vallejo,
California, where he served in the past as Chief Psychologist.
Dr. Arden is the author of four other books: Consciousness, Dreams, and Self
(winner of the 1997 Outstanding Academic Book of the Year Award by
Choice — a publication of the American Library Association); Science,
Theology, and Consciousness (nominated by an international panel of jurists
for the Templeton Prize); Surviving Job Stress; and Creating the Lowest
Common Denominator Society.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to my wife, Vicki, and our two sons, Paul and Gabe,
who were more than patient and supportive of me during the long hours and
months I spent writing this book. Vicki also read every page of this book
before I sent it on to my editor, always forcing me to be clear and
straightening out my grammatical stumbling.
Author’s Acknowledgments
No book is written in a vacuum or is the product of just one person’s effort.
Many people deserve my hearty thanks and acknowledgment. To begin with,
many thanks go to my always pleasant and hardworking agent, Elizabeth
Frost-Knappman, for asking me to put together a proposal to write this book
and for working out the contractual details that are well beyond me. I am very
fortunate to be represented by Elizabeth and her husband, Ed.
To Greg Tubach, Acquisitions Editor, for working with both Elizabeth and
me to help me get into the ballpark and learn to write a book of this style. He
was more than gracious.
To my Project Editor, Norm Crampton, who was my partner. Norm worked
with me for all the months that it took for this book to develop, and it was his
job to make sure that it took the proper form and became the best that it could
be. He was always there, not only to provide helpful suggestions and forcing
me to be practical and down to earth, but also to be a friend. Our many
pleasurable conversations touched on everything from politics to family and
were always enlivened by his warmth and humor.
Finally, to Norm’s associate, Senior Copy Editor, Patricia Yuu Pan, who,
with her colleagues Chrissy Guthrie and Mary Fales went over every page
and word to make sure that what you read is clear and complete. Her running
dialog with Norm, which I was privy to, was not only helpful, but quite
fascinating, because it all took place in the amazing high-tech environment of
e-mail.
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Composition
Project Coordinator: Dale White
Layout and Graphics: Scott Bristol, Brian Drumm, Jackie Nicholas, Barry
Offringa, Betty Schulte, Mary J. Virgin
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