About the Authors

Forrest Scogin, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Alabama.  His areas of interest and expertise include clinical geropsychology, psychotherapy research, and sport psychology.  Dr. Scogin is active in the Division of Adult Development and Aging of the American Psychological Association, and is a member of the Gerontological Society of America.  He publishes regularly in journals related to geropsychology.

Mark Prohaska, MS, is a doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of Alabama.  His areas of interest and expertise include clinical research, neuropsychological assessment, and solution-oriented psychotherapy.  As a graduate research assistant to Dr. Scogin, he provided hands-on memory training to participants in their studies.  In this text, he presents examples of how older adults respond to and utilize various memory training techniques.