In Memoriam: Joe Horvat, PhD

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This special issue is dedicated to our friend and colleague, Joe Horvat, PhD. He was the first person to recognize the importance of altered connectivity in the development of symptoms following closed head injury. He had the presence of mind and courage to use neurofeedback (coherence) training to ameliorate the symptoms of brain-injured patients. He led the way in the use of coherence training to help remediate learning disabilities, epilepsy, autism, and dyslexia. He was an indefatigable promoter of neurofeedback, serving as treasurer of the International Society for Neurofeedback and Research (ISNR) for many years, and then as president. He would approve of this Journal of Neurotherapy issue on Connectivity. We pledge to continue the work he began and to develop neurofeedback as the best way to normalize and better brain function. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)