Welcome to the University of University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Psychophysiology Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience. The laboratory is directed by Jamie Rhudy, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist, and full professor and Site Director of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC) Tulsa Campus in the Health Promotions Sciences  Department at the Hudson College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) in Tulsa. Research in the laboratory broadly spans affective neuroscience, with a specific focus on the interface of emotion and pain processing. The laboratory uses various psychophysiological assessment techniques (e.g., electromyography, skin conductance, electrocardiography, electroencephalography) to assess pain, nociceptive responding, and other potentially related reactions (e.g., startle response). This research aims to identify mechanisms that contribute to and/or maintain chronic pain conditions and develop non-invasive methods for assessing individuals at risk of developing chronic pain.