assisted me with my statistics and never got angry as she

showed me the same steps over and over again.

 I would also like to thank the research assistants who

 helped me with this project. Hillary Webb, Kim Roberts, and

 Brian Howland all helped in heartrate reduction. I would

 especially like to thank Scott Lebowitz who worked

 diligently on many aspects of the project from subject

 recruitment to data management.

 I would also like to thank those individuals and

organizations who helped me to find participants for this

study, including Beth McCauley; Anne Rottman, M.D.; Laura

Hodges, P.T.; Orlando Stroke Club, Golden Gators; and the

other seniors groups from local churches who allowed me to

recruit subjects through their organization. And, of

course, I would like to thank all of those individuals who

spent the many hours required to participate in this

project.

 Lastly, I would like to thank my family and friends who

supported me and attempted to calm me down through all of my

catastrophizing over the last three years.


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