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AAPB is traveling to San Diego, California for its 41st Annual Meeting. Mark your calendars for March 24-27, 2010 to attend this gathering of experts in biofeedback, neurofeedback, and applied psychophysiology. You won't want to miss this educational event and the networking opportunities available!

We are honored to welcome several high-profile speakers, including:

Personalized Medicine in the Age of Technology
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, MD, PhD; Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute
Regeneration and Stress at Work: Strategies for Improved Employee Health
Tores Theorell, MD, PhD; Professor Emeritus at the University of Stockholm, Sweden
An Overview of Mind Body Healing
C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD; founder of the American Holistic Medical Association, and past president of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine
Neurotherapy in the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Physiological Hypothesis
Paul Rapp, PhD; Professor in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

AAPB Foundation to fund three research grants for graduate students

The Foundation for Education and Research in Biofeedback and Related Sciences, at its recent Board meeting initiated a new program aimed at stimulating biofeedback and neurofeedback research. The Board established funding for three grants at $1,000 each. Eligibility is limited to graduate students doing research in biofeedback, neurofeedback, and related areas of mind-body science. The award will be accompanied by a travel scholarship and a waiver of registration to attend the AAPB annual meeting where the results of the research will be presented. Deadline for applications is October 1, 2009. Successful applicants will be expected to present their work at the AAPB meeting in San Diego in 2010.

Application guidelines are available on the AAPB website.

What is Biofeedback?

Biofeedback has evolved from a fascination in the 1960s and 70s to a mainstream methodology today for treating certain medical conditions and improving human performance. This evolution has been driven by years of scientific research demonstrating that the mind and body are connected, and that people can be taught to harness the power of this connection to change physical activity and improve health and function. Public interest in biofeedback is growing, and with it the need for a clear answer to the question, “what is biofeedback?” The leading professional organizations representing the field have answered with the following standard definition:

Biofeedback is a process that enables an individual to learn how to change physiological activity for the purposes of improving health and performance. Precise instruments measure physiological activity such as brainwaves, heart function, breathing, muscle activity, and skin temperature. These instruments rapidly and accurately "feed back" information to the user. The presentation of this information — often in conjunction with changes in thinking, emotions, and behavior — supports desired physiological changes. Over time, these changes can endure without continued use of an instrument.

Approved May 18, 2008 by:
Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB)
Biofeedback Certification Institution of America (BCIA)
International Society for Neurofeedback and Research (ISNR)

To learn more about biofeedback, go to the AAPB Consumer's page.

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