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Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting

PhD

I hope you will join us for our 50th Annual AAPB Meeting in Denver in March, 2019—where it all started back in 1969! At this special celebration meeting we will bring together the pioneers and luminaries of the past, the visionaries of the future, and today's practicing clinicians and researchers to network and exchange the latest scientific findings and methods of practical application of the science of psychophysiology and self-regulation.

What: AAPB's 50th Annual Scientific Meeting
When: Preconference: March 13–14, 2019; Conference: March 15–16, 2019
Where: Denver Marriot Tech Center, Denver, Colorado

The Programming Committee has already

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SPECIAL ISSUE

The First Meeting: Creative Ferment or Unholy Jumble?

DOI: 10.5298/1081-5937-46.4.05

Our first meeting was held at a modest seaside motel in Santa Monica, California. This oceanic setting was somehow symbolic of our group's mindset and sense of mission. Here we were, a small salient of Western civilization, facing out over the limitless Pacific toward the great and ancient civilizations of the Far East—West meets East! In another part of the motel, a meeting of the plumbers' local union was in progress. I like to think our group had more diversity.

The year 1969 was a turbulent time. The Vietnam War was in full tilt. In the big cities, it had

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In the Beginning…

PhD

DOI: 10.5298/1081-5937-46.1.01

The first newsletter of the Biofeedback Research Society was published on February 1, 1973, and was created in the office of the Biofeedback Research Society (BSA)—literally a closet under a staircase in the basement of the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Colorado Medical Center. Johann Stoyva had just completed his term as president and Gary Schwartz became president. The meeting was at the Howard Johnson Hotel in Boston that year—the third for the Society following St. Louis and Santa Monica. Cassette recordings of the presentations were available for purchase. The early meetings had been held in November, scheduled back-to-back

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AAPB Past Presidents

DOI: 10.5298/1081-5937-46.4.04

2018 Patrick Steffen, PhD

2017 Gabriel Sella, MD

2016 Thomas Collura, PhD

2015 Richard Harvey, PhD

2014 Stuart Donaldson, PhD

2013 Richard Sherman, PhD

2012 Jeffrey Bolek, PhD

2011 Gabriel Tan, PhD

2010 Carmen Russoniello, PhD

2009 John G. Arena, PhD

2008 Aubrey Ewing, PhD

2007 Alan Glaros, PhD

2006 Richard Gevirtz, PhD

2005 Richard Sherman, PhD

2004 Steve Baskin, PhD

2003 Lynda Kirk, MA, LPC

2002 Paul Lehrer, PhD

2001 Donald Moss, PhD

2000 Doil Montgomery, PhD

1999 Dale Walters, PhD

1998 Ian Wickramasekera, PhD

1997 Sebastian Striefel, PhD

1996 Joel F. Lubar, PhD

1995 Angele McGrady, PhD

1994 Michael McKee, PhD*

1993 Frank Andrasik, PhD

1992 Paula B. Amar, PhD

1991 Steven L. Wolf, PhD

1990 J. Peter Rosenfeld, PhD

1989 Susan Middaugh, PhD

1988 M. Barry

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Biofeedback History: An Alternative View

PhD, BCB and

PhD, BCB

DOI: 10.5298/1081-5937.46.4.80

The tapestry of biofeedback history has been woven from many independent threads. Some contributors started with much vigor and nurtured others, and then they faded away. Yet they seeded ideas that the next generation rediscovered as their own. Others blossomed and disappeared, whereas still others have continued to actively nurture the field. Interest in biofeedback has waxed and waned in response to the historical forces of technology, social culture, beliefs, and economics.

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Feedback Regulation of the Alpha Electroencephalogram Activity through Control of the Internal and External Parameters ^*

DOI: 10.5298/1081-5937-46.4.86

Summary. Experiments with feedback stimulation triggered from the subject's electroencephalogram result in changing the sequential time series of intervals of occipital alpha and intervals of little or no alpha EEG activity. The rate of recurrence of alpha and no-alpha EEG can be changed by regulating the external feedback stimuli or by asking the subject to change his internal state. Four different paradigms were investigated and the results interpreted in terms of the hypothesis that oculomotor functions regulate the occurrence and nonoccurrence of alpha.

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BRIEF REPORT

Report on the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences Meeting

PhD

DOI: 10.5298/1081-5937-43.04.07

On December 2 the board of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS met in Washington. At the end of this message, I will present a summary of the meeting. However, I will lead with the conclusions I drew from the meeting, to emphasize the importance of what I have learned.

First, who is FABBS? FABBS is an organization representing the behavioral science community in Washington. It is made up of representatives of various societies whose members do research in the brain and behavioral sciences. AAPB is a member organization, and has sent me to the meeting

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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

Malware Removal—My Healing Journey with LENS

CPCC

DOI: 10.5298/1081-5937-46.3.06

I almost don't want to talk about this out loud for fear the healing magic will disappear. Neurofeedback seems like magic, the results have been so profound to me. Lately, I've been using the analogy of “malware” being removed from my body. I feel faster and more efficient inside. I came to neurofeedback very recently after an awful experience, but let me give you some background so you can understand why neurofeedback is magical to me.

I've been chronically sick for eight years with chronic fatigue syndrome / adrenal fatigue syndrome (CFS/AFS); fibromyalgia (FM); migraines averaging two to three days

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CERTIFICATION

BCIA Honors Top HRV Professionals

DOI: 10.5298/1081-5937-46.1.02

Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA) launched a heart rate variability (HRV) Certificate of Completion program in 2012, designed to serve the diverse populations using the modality including both healthcare and peak/optimal performance providers. Due to the growth and acceptance of the modality and the positive responses we received, BCIA agreed to offer a full HRV biofeedback certification, built on a pattern of requirements similar to our other programs such as Board Certified in Biofeedback (BCB) and Board Certified in Neurofeedback (BCN).

HRV is the measure of the variation among the intervals between your heartbeats. It is a significant measure of

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Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting

The First Meeting: Creative Ferment or Unholy Jumble?

In the Beginning…

AAPB Past Presidents

Biofeedback History: An Alternative View

Feedback Regulation of the Alpha Electroencephalogram Activity through Control of the Internal and External Parameters ^*

Report on the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences Meeting

Malware Removal—My Healing Journey with LENS

BCIA Honors Top HRV Professionals

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

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