Assoc. for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback - AAPB

04/02/2026

We are excited to announce that, by popular demand, we have extended the early registration rate for our upcoming Annual Scientific Meeting – through April 30!

We understand that time and pricing can be significant concerns. As a valued member of our community, your satisfaction is our priority. We see you and are thrilled to demonstrate that AAPB is actively working to implement strategies that will help us offer more competitive rates while maintaining the quality our attendees deserve and expect.

The conference is all about resilience and ensuring as many people can benefit from advanced insights into biofeedback - building resilience, self-regulation, and well-being. By lowering the barrier to entry, our commitment to inclusivity means that you'll have that extra advantage.

Don't miss this chance to participate in a community that not only explores science and innovation but also passionately supports every step of the evolution of applied psychophysiology and biofeedback interventions.

Register now at our extended Early Rate and become part of a movement where every voice is valued and every effort toward resilience is celebrated. We look forward to seeing you there!

Join us for the AAPB 56th Annual Scientific Meeting —your premier destination for cutting-edge insights, innovative techniques, and transformative practices in the field of biofeedback!

📅 **Date:** May 13-16, 2026
📍 **Location:** Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland
🔗 **Register Now:**
https://aapb.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=43&ts=1763415344

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04/02/2026

🌟 56th Annual Scientific Meeting PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP Spotlight:
** Boosting your Practice: Neurofeedback Skills for the Intermediate Practitioner ** 🌟
The Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback's Annual Scientific Meeting provides a forum for the sharing of research, clinical strategies, and theoretical formulations across all facets of applied psychophysiology -- biofeedback, HRV, neurofeedback, and evidence-based self-regulation.

ABOUT THIS SESSION: Congratulations! You’ve just finished your BCIA didactic. … And now you’re realizing you’ve only touched the tip of the iceberg. You have a few standard protocols and a basic assessment framework in your hip pocket, but how do these really relate to your client? What are the filters and thresholds really doing? How can you be sure the software is giving your trainee the right feedback or that you’re making your training as efficient as it can be? How can your hardware and software “machine” start to feel more like a clinical tool, and you can become the coach/therapist you really are, instead of a button pusher? If you’re asking these questions, this workshop is for you. We’ll start with a real assessment example and run through a basic protocol decision tree to dial in our training strategy. Then we’ll structure the filters and thresholds to see how they work. Along the way, you’ll help figure out the thresholds and consider which filters best capture the EEG behavior we’re hoping to change. You’ll think creatively about feedback so that it meets our trainee’s real-life needs. Yes, we’ll touch gently on some technical mechanics “under the hood,” but once you SEE how basic feedback instrumentation works and learn how to adjust it you become the driver, not the driven!

📅 **Date:** Thursday, May 14, 2026
🕒 **Time:** 8:30 am to 1 pm EDT
📍 **Location:** Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland
🔗 **Register Now:**
https://aapb.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=64&ts=1771886515

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04/01/2026

🌟 56th Annual Scientific Meeting PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP Spotlight: ** HRV and Sound Therapy as Potentiators of EEG Training - DEEP DIVE** 🌟

THIS WORKSHOP IS FREE TO ALL ATTENDEES!

The Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback's Annual Scientific Meeting provides a forum for the sharing of research, clinical strategies, and theoretical formulations across all facets of applied psychophysiology -- biofeedback, HRV, neurofeedback, and evidence-based self-regulation.

ABOUT THIS SESSION: Much like photobiomodulation, the pairing of audio stimulation / harmonic blends above and below auditory threshold combined with HRV appears to notably potentiate neurotherapeutic outcome. This applies across training sessions (as a home protocol) as well as within sessions immediately preceding EEG training. This presentation will show variation in the EEG pre-post administration in isolation as well as pre-post EEG training. Attendees will be shown evidentiary clinical data, including the mechanisms of action and relative attribution to HRV and sound frequency / color therapy. Attendees will also learn how to prescribe specific protocols based on specific EEG phenotypes and clinical assessments.

📅 **Date:** Wednesday, May 13, 2026
🕒 **Time:** 8:30 am to 1 pm EDT
📍 **Location:** Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland
🔗 **Register Now:**
https://aapb.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=64&ts=1771886515

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03/31/2026

🌟 56th Annual Scientific Meeting PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP Spotlight: ** Biofeedback for Chronic Pain Management ** 🌟

The Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback's Annual Scientific Meeting provides a forum for the sharing of research, clinical strategies, and theoretical formulations across all facets of applied psychophysiology -- biofeedback, HRV, neurofeedback, and evidence-based self-regulation.

ABOUT THIS SESSION: Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent and costly health concerns, yet it remains difficult to treat effectively when approached from the typical biomedical perspective. Because chronic pain is fundamentally a biopsychosocial phenomenon, it is well-suited to psychophysiologic assessment and intervention. This workshop reviews current models of chronic pain through a psychophysiologic lens. It provides practical strategies clinicians can use to improve self-regulation, reduce symptom burden, and enhance quality of life. Participants will learn how to differentiate major categories of chronic pain and identify the mechanisms most relevant to each (e.g., autonomic dysregulation, central sensitization, muscle tension, fear-avoidance). We will compare traditional biomedical treatments with evidence-based behavioral and psychophysiologic approaches, emphasizing how interdisciplinary providers can collaborate to create coherent, integrative care plans for both pediatric and adult patients. A combination of lecture, hands-on demonstrations, and guided hands-on exercises will introduce participants to concrete skills for building client engagement, explaining biopsychosocial models, applying applied psychophysiology techniques, and strategies to address catastrophizing and avoidance behaviors. Attendees will leave with practical tools they can incorporate into their clinical practice.

📅 **Date:** Wednesday, May 13, 2026

🕒 **Time:** 9 am to 6 pm EDT

📍 **Location:** Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland

🔗 **Register Now:** https://aapb.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=64&ts=1771886515

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03/30/2026

AAPB Resources for Women in Science!

Join AAPB for our upcoming AAPB Women in the Science of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback Discussion Group Luncheon – Saturday, May 16, 2026 @ 12:30- pm EDT @ Lord Baltimore Hotel

AAPB has created a Women in the Science of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback workgroup to highlight incredible research contributions, clinical achievements of women, and all who identify as such. This forum will offer open discussion on opportunities /challenges unique to women in our field. We will brainstorm ways AAPB can provide meaningful connections and resources for ongoing support. Attendance capacity is limited to the first 50 women (first-come, first-served basis). Attendance is complimentary for members and $39 for non-members. A light lunch will be provided.

To Register https://aapb.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=63&ts=1771874371

Email mailto:kari@aapb.org by April 20 if there is a particular subject you would like our facilitators to address. This information will remain strictly confidential, for consideration as part of the discussion agenda. Members attend free, and non-members pay $39.00. Women only.

AAPB RECOMMENDED VIEWING!

We encourage you to check out the following TEDX Talk, by AAPB’s very own Dr. Sigrún Þóra Sveinsdóttir from October 2025, entitled: Why Your Well-Being Matters to Everyone Around You.

The focus is on women, how we are both biologically wired and socially shaped to care for others and how this can be both a strength and, at times, a source of depletion when we neglect caring for ourselves. Take advantage of the short, guided heart-breathing exercise centered on self-care.

Here is the link:
https://youtu.be/ylauM1Uh6kM?si=mUDtZHEwBP_DH0ex

Learn more about Dr. Þóra Sveinsdóttir here: https://aapb.org/Sigrun_Pora_Sveinsdottir

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03/27/2026

💡 Curious about how HRV data can unlock new insights into health?

This week’s podcast features an inspiring chat between Matt Bennett and Stephanie White about building a revolutionary HRV database. 🌟 Join the conversation and learn how it could benefit you!

Listen Now: [ https://wix.to/A1duwjf ]

03/27/2026

Check this out... Rest is Radical Resistance

"Your nervous system is trainable, like a muscle."

A recording from Darcy Burner's live video with Dr. Brad Lichtenstein

03/25/2026

Recommended reading!

This review examines what constitutes heart rate variability (HRV), the relationship between HRV and the autonomic nervous system, and the physiology driving HRV. HRV is correlated with vagal nerve activity and parasympathetic nervous activation. Higher HRV is correlated with youth, active lifestyle...

03/25/2026

*Emerging trends in neuroscience* Key Points: • A brief multimodal intervention combining low-arousal music, personal photographs, and breathing-paced ambient light improved subjective anger and lowered heart rate during autonomous driving. • The study is especially novel because it brings biofe...

03/24/2026

The Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) is accepting nominations for our Undergraduate and Doctoral Dissertation Research Excellence Awards.

The awards honor student investigators who have conducted research of superior quality and with broader societal impact.

Nominators must submit a project title, summary, and 200-word abstract in addition to a nomination letter. Please email info@fabbs.org with any questions.

Departmental affiliates can nominate undergraduates and nominate doctoral dissertations for FABBS awards.

🔗 Find more information here: https://fabbs.org/about/student-awards/
⏰ March 27

AAPB is a proud member of FABBS, working to advance human understanding of the mind, brain, and behavior through advocacy and education to Congress, US federal agencies, the administration, and the broad scientific community.

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03/24/2026

🌟 56th Annual Scientific Meeting LUNCH & LEARN Session Spotlight: **Restoring Function and Resilience in Functional Neurological Disorder** 🌟

Complimentary lunch provided for the first 50 attendees on a first-come, first-served basis. Offering 1.0 CE Credits

🔗 **Register Now:** https://aapb.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=43&ts=1772737637

The Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback's Annual Scientific Meeting provides a forum for the sharing of research, clinical strategies, and theoretical formulations across all facets of applied psychophysiology -- biofeedback, HRV, neurofeedback, and evidence-based self-regulation.

ABOUT THIS SESSION: This presentation will examine Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) through a disability and rehabilitation lens and then translate this understanding into practical treatment strategies for clinicians. FND will be framed as a disorder of disrupted brain network functioning involving salience detection, interoception, attention, emotional processing, and motor control, rather than structural neurological disease. The session will emphasize how altered processing of bodily signals and threat-related cues contributes to symptom expression, reduced sense of agency, and further functional impairment. Particular attention will be given to practical clinical treatment strategies, including physiotherapy strategies that retrain automatic movement through diverted attention and psychotherapy approaches that address maladaptive attention, avoidance, and threat appraisal. The presentation will highlight how biofeedback-informed methods—such as training attention regulation, interoceptive awareness, and autonomic flexibility—can support recovery when integrated within a multidisciplinary care model.

Presented by: Jarhed Peña, PhD and Cameron Paxton, MA

📅 **Date:** Friday, May 15, 2026
🕒 **Time:** 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm EDT
📍 **Location:** Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland
🔗 **Register Now:** https://aapb.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=43&ts=1772737637