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Dear Colleagues and Friends: We are welcoming you to the birthplace of Psychophysiology, where tradition meets excellence in the historic land of St. Petersburg, Russia. More than a century ago, Ivan Mikhaylovich Sechenov, Ivan Petrovich Pavlov and Vladimir Mikhailovich Bechterev laid the grounds for the scientific beginnings of functional physiology and neuroanatomy which was also envisaged by Claude Bernard and Johannes Peter Műller. Their monumental contributions led to many thousands of research findings and discoveries by psychophysiologists and related neuroscientists in Russia and all over the world. As such, the exponential ascent of neurosciences and of behavioral sciences transformed the world of our understanding of the human brain- body- behavior-environment interrelationships with theoretical, methodological, empirical and applied underpinnings. This is what exactly, the International Organization of Psychophysiology historically represents as the only professional world organization embodying Psychophysiology in accordance with International Law and the United Nations. Since the foundation of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1724, St. Petersburg has always been the center of development of natural sciences in Russia and in the middle of the 19th century, it became the center of physiological knowledge. There are now about 100 state and private universities and higher educational establishments and more than 1150 scientific and research institutions in St. Petersburg. Many research centers, universities and clinics in our city are involved in investigations of brain activity based on the achievements of Physiology and Psychophysiology. Among these, the Institute of the Human Brain of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Pavlov Institute of Physiology, the Pavlov State Medical University, the Sechenov Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry, the Russian Military Medical Academy, the Institute of Experimental Medicine, the Paediatric Academy, the Mechnikov Medical Academy and the Bechterev Institute of Psychoneurology. As a cultural capital of Russia, St. Petersburg is famous worldwide for its over 250 museums, unique churches and cathedrals, including unforgettable architectural ensembles, theaters and art galleries. The famous Hermitage and the outstanding Mariinsky Theater along with six opera and ballet theaters are among the historic splendors of St.Petersburg. Visitors will be astonished to see the palaces, the 44 islands, the 86 rivers and canals with beautiful embankments and bridges composing the glorious City of St.Petersburg which extends into the beautiful Baltic Sea coastline. Following the high standards set by the International Organization of Psychophysiology, the Program of this 14th World Congress of Psychophysiology will be composed of Invited Keynote Presentations, Symposia, Workshops and Posters Sessions on the most advanced findings on all aspects, branches and areas of Psychophysiology as a leading neuroscience (see World Congress Main Topics). All accepted abstracts will be published in the International Journal of Psychophysiology which will be distributed to all Registered Delegates at the World Congress Site in St.Petersburg. The participants of this World Congress will experience the spirit of the deep historical traditions of Russian Psychophysiology and will find a stimulating scientific environment for thinking and discussing the most important theoretical and methodological issues on the models of the human brain composing modern Psychophysiology. It is within this spirit that on behalf of the International Organization of Psychophysiology, associated with the United Nations (New York), the World Congress Committee and of the Local Organizing Committee (Russia), we are deeply honored and moved to welcome the International Community and all of you to the 14th World Congress of Psychophysiology - the Olympics of the Brain - from September 8 -13, 2008 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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