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4                       Editorial for Annals of Psychophysiology Volume 11 

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Spotlight on Saybrook University’s Doctoral and Masters Programs 

in Applied Psychophysiology and Changes in the Journal’s 

Administration 

Richard A. Sherman1, Editor-In-Chief 
Published online: December 2024 

  © The Author(s) 2024 

Psychophysiology is best recognized as a basic research field. However, it has had an 

applied aspect nearly since its inception as a way to monitor people’s responses to stress and as a 

measure of optimal functioning in sports and other areas. More recently, the applied side of 

psychophysiology has grown to include instantaneous feedback of physiological levels and 

changes. This permits therapists and coaches to guide clients toward recognition of physiological 

levels so clients can gain control of physiological responses.  

Despite the popularity of psychophysiological monitoring and feedback, there are few 

graduate-level training programs to help coaches, educators, clinicians, and others learn how to 

apply psychophysiological monitoring and training techniques effectively. In the year 2000, the 

Behavioral Medicine Research and Training Foundation set out to change this by offering distance-

based courses in many areas of applied psychophysiology. The Foundation offers individual 

courses as well as a certificate in professional psychophysiology. Shortly after it began offering 

courses, the Foundation initiated a doctoral program in applied psychophysiology. It moved 

through several non-accredited institutions until it was finally adopted by Saybrook University in 

2013. Saybrook is a regionally accredited university whose courses are mostly given via distance 

education, so they are available to students across the world. The Foundation supports Saybrook’s 

Department of Applied Psychophysiology through grants for student research, purchase of 

equipment, etc. The Department now has regionally accredited doctoral and master's programs in 

several areas of applied psychophysiology including clinical and research specializations and 

sports performance psychology. In order to spotlight Saybrook’s support of psychophysiology, 

this issue of Annals of Psychophysiology includes several papers by graduates and students in 

Saybrook’s programs. 

Readers of this issue may notice several changes in the Journal’s format. This is because the 

Journal is in a transition period from its being headquartered at Pakistan’s Advance Educational 

Institute and Research Center (AEIRC) to the Behavioral Medicine Research and Training 

Foundation – which is becoming the journal’s publisher - with continuing technical support by 

AEIRC. The current issue is a hybrid of the older style format and the new style which will be 

fully implemented in the issues published in 2025. Readers are urged to view the journal’s website 

www.annalsofpsychophysiology.org to see all the upcoming changes. 

 

1. Richard Sherman   rsherman@saybrook.edu 

Saybrook University, Pasadena, CA USA 

http://www.annalsofpsychophysiology.org/
mailto:rsherman@saybrook.edu

