It's getting closer to the AAPB Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. Pre-convention workshops are on 3-24 and 3-25, and the convention begins on 3-25 and ends on 3-27. Please register today if you haven't yet. It's going to be a blast.
In San Diego, we've saved the best for last. For the bulk of the convention, we are going to be focusing primarily on the future of AAPB, discussing new treatments and new technologies. However, our focus on the future does not mean that we are going to forget about AAPB's past. It's with great pleasure that I tell you that AAPB, in conjunction with the Claude Bernard Club, is going to conclude the San Diego Convention with a tribute to the centennial of the man who has been rightfully called the father of biofeedback, Neal Miller. Dr. Miller was already a famous psychologist for his work in the 1950's on learning theory. But in the 1960's, Miller and his colleagues, including Leo DeCara, conducted a series of experiments on animals in order to determine whether the autonomic (or "involuntary") nervous system could be volitionally controlled. In a groundbreaking series of articles, Miller and his colleagues demonstrated that responses such as blood pressure, blood flow, cardiac functioning and intestinal activity could to some extent be voluntarily controlled. This led to other researchers demonstrating that humans could control their autonomic functions through operant conditioning, leading the way to biofeedback and other forms of self-regulation as we know it today, and revolutionized mind-body research and practice.

The Neal Miller Centennial Celebration will begin with a dinner in his honor that is open to all members of AAPB. During this dinner, guests will be encouraged to recount their own stories of Neal Miller, who was a long-time member of this society. Following this dinner, we will have four special guest lectures on various aspects of Neal Miller's life. First, Edgar ("Ted") Coons of New York University, who was a student of Neal Miller, will be speaking on, "Neal Miller: The Yale Years." Then Arnon Rolnick, past president of the Israeli Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback and a member of the Board of the Israeli Psychological Association, will speak on, "The Desire for Integration: Miller's Interest in Psychoanalysis." This lecture will be followed by Sarah Leibowitz, a neurobiologist who is an associate professor at Rockefeller University and was a post-doctoral student with Neal Miller, who discovered the hormone Leptin. Dr. Leibowitz will be talking about, "Neal Miller: The Rockefeller Years." Finally, Edward Taub, a past-president of AAPB, and to whom Neal Miller was a primary mentor, will be discussing, "What Psychology as a Science Owes Miller: Examples from Biofeedback and Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy." Please join us in San Diego for what should be a very exciting program and a great finish to a wonderful convention.

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The number of SpringerAlerts users for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback has grown to 660 as of November 2009, compared to 471 in March 2008. While this tremendous growth is satisfying, we'd like all AAPB members to participate. Please visit www.springer.com/10484 to sign up, and mention this to your colleagues. Even those who don't have subscriptions or don't receive the journal as an AAPB membership benefit can read the papers' abstracts. Of course, members have full-text e-access via the members-only part of the AAPB website, and also receive a print copy of each issue in the mail.

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Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback Always Welcomes Manuscript Submissions
Consider submitting your next paper to Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (submit online at: http://apbi.edmgr.com). The journal publishes basic and applied research that contributes to theory, practice, and evaluation, as well as conceptual and theoretical articles, evaluative reviews, and works for the sections Clinical Forum, Discussion Forum, and Innovations in Instrumentation.

Published works enjoy wide distribution to academics, scholars, and practitioners worldwide, and are abstracted/indexed in all the leading services including PsycINFO, PubMed/Medline, and SSCI. For more information, including author instructions, visit the journal homepage:www.springer.com/10484.

Editor-in-Chief Frank Andrasik will be delighted to hear from you (e-mail: FAndrasik@ihmc.us) should you have general inquiries, submission questions, or ideas for special issues, for example.
 
Carol Bischoff
Senior Editor, Springer

For years, AAPB has developed and nurtured a core set of services that are valued by its members. Such services include two outstanding publications: a scientific journal, Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback and a clinical journal, Biofeedback; a highly-regarded annual conference; the TeleSeminar series; Clinician's Tool Kit and a host of other important member services.
 
As with any business, it is important for AAPB to evaluate its members' needs and to fully understand how interests change from time to time. In our rapidly changing world, it should be no surprise that member interests change quickly as well. In the world of AAPB, members are faced with new and exciting equipment options every day. How we communicate with our members and with each other is also changing rapidly. As younger practitioners enter the field, what mechanisms will best serve their needs educationally? How will we reach and engage them and how will we take advantage of new media opportunities that are presented by the evolving online environment?  
 
To validate the importance of its current services and to evaluate potential new services, products, and how we conduct the business of the organization, AAPB is embarking on an extensive project to survey its member's needs and interests. The survey evaluates all aspects of the association, from its customer service to the value of its publications; from the annual conference to the website; and from overall communications to future projects and services.
 
You do not need to be a member to participate. In fact we hope to hear from a wide variety of individuals including members and non-members so that we receive a wide variety of feedback. You can access the survey from the link below. In addition, if you provide your name and contact information at the end of the survey, you will be entered into a drawing to win a free registration for the AAPB Annual Conference!
 
The new decade brings new opportunities along with new challenges. Making sure that we understand our members and what is important to them is paramount. Understanding the impressions that others have of our organization is important as well. We welcome everyone's participation and look forward to an outcome that will provide us with the information and tools to set a new and revitalized course for AAPB. 

 

David L. Stumph, IOM, CAE

Executive Director, AAPB

 

 

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