As an outcome of the inaugural Australasian Psychophysiology Conference, which was held in Sydney in 1991, the Australasian Society for Psychophysiology (ASP) became incorporated in New South Wales under the Associations Incorporation Act (1984) on the 23rd of June, 1992.

The original motivation for the formation of the Society included the shared desire to improve networking among psychopysiologists in the Australasian region, and to promote the conduct and dissemination of research and scholarship in psychophysiology in the region. To these ends the ASP has been developing a Mission Statement and Strategic Plan.

Psychophysiologists in the Australasian region are urged to become members and to encourage their students and colleagues to do likewise. Members from the geographically wider psychophysiological community are also very welcome.

Part of the strategic plan for the Society is to establish links with international bodies relevant to psychophysiology, and in this regard the Society is one of a growing number of professional societies in Psychophysiology.