Biofeedback Volume 39: Issue 3

Editors' Introduction

The cover of this Fall 2011 issue of Biofeedback shows a biofeedback session for a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy, where Dr. Troy Todd applies biofeedback and neurofeedback to alleviate athletes' problems and enable higher-level athletic performance.

From the beginning, the biofeedback movement has had a close relationship with the concepts and practices of the peak performance field. Biofeedback and neurofeedback have been applied for athletes, stage performers, and artists to address two goals: (a) to treat their psychophysiological maladies, from performance anxiety to repetitive strain, and (b) to enable athletes and others to

The Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA) certifies individuals who meet education and training standards in biofeedback and progressively recertifies those who advance their knowledge through continuing education. Increased national and international interest in our field has been accompanied by closer scrutiny of clinical efficacy and professional conduct. BCIA has expanded its international outreach in order to raise the standards of biofeedback and neurofeedback education and practice throughout the world. This article answers frequent questions about the growth of international certification, continuing education, ethics, and marketing your practice.

This last year fund raising efforts were very successful. Several lines of raising funds were utilized. As in the past, individuals gave to The Foundation when they renewed their memberships, and as in the past, members were very generous. The foundation also received a sizable contribution from a state society that dissolved its incorporation.

Excessive stress and tension are major threats to optimal athletic performance. The goal of this project was to help the athletes optimize the management of their stress response through self-awareness and self-regulation of the activation levels of their autonomic and central nervous systems. Fifteen elite athletes preparing for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics underwent an EEG and psychophysiological stress assessment, as well as a bio–neurofeedback (BNFK) training intervention. Both athletes and coaches reported that the bio–neurofeedback intervention helped the athletes in managing the stress of training and competition and was a factor in producing better performances.

Special Issue: New Horizons for Optimal Performance

Editors' Introduction

BCIA Meets the Challenges of Growth in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback

Annual Report for the Foundation for Education and Research in Biofeedback and Related Sciences (FERB, The Foundation)

Managing the Stress Response: The Use of Biofeedback and Neurofeedback with Olympic Athletes

Biofeedback and Neurofeedback in Sports

Biofeedback Training: Enhancing Athletic Performance

Brain Change for Optimal Leadership

Improving Optimal Performance—And Life—For Young Athletes

Biofeedback-Based Mental Training in the Military—The “Mental Gym™” Project

Comprehensive Sport Performance Program

Corporate Peak Performance Project

Biofeedback/Mindfulness Training for the Advanced High School Musician

Sport Psychology Training Program

Optimal Performance Field: The Exceptional Performance Training System

ABSTRACTS: Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback

ABSTRACTS: Abstracts of Posters Presented at the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of AAPB

MEMORIAL: Eleanor Criswell-Hanna, 1938–2024

SPECIAL ISSUE: Lessons Learned: A Pilot Study on the Feasibility of Using Biofeedback Monitoring in a Remote Setting with Special Forces Veterans in Saipan

SPECIAL ISSUE: The ACT of Biofeedback—Training for Psychological Flexibility