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Dr. Thomas F. Collura, Ph.D., PE (born 1952) is President of (BrainMaster Technologies Incorporated ), and Clinical Director of the (Brain Enrichment Center ), both located in Bedford, Ohio and is a past president of the International Society for Neurofeedback & Research (ISNR). He also has served the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) as the President of the Neurofeedback Division. He is a pioneer of creating low-cost EEG acquisition machines for neurofeedback and research purposes and for developing real-time normative database neurofeedback training utilizing z-scores as a quantitative method of regulating metrics related to power and connectivity in the EEG. His work in z-score based neurofeedback has revolutionized the industry by providing practitioners with a method whereby they may see instantaneous responses of the efficacy of their neurofeedback training protocol and automatically assess which values are outside of their respective normative value. In doing so, the z-score software spearheaded by Dr. Collura can immediately recognize the deviant value, and focus training on that particular metric. At BrainMaster Technologies, he is the Chief Executive and the President of Research and Development. He actively participates in and personally guides the development of all the various hardware and software components produced by BrainMaster Technologies. ==Early life and college== Dr. Thomas Collura, Ph.D., QEEG-D, BCN, LPC was born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 5, 1952. He graduated high school from Euclid High School in 1969 after spending a year as an exchange student through the American Field Service in Shiga Prefecture, Japan during 1968. Dr. Collura was accepted to Brown University after high school where he obtained his A.B. in the Philosophy of Science with a concentration in Biological Foundations of the Mind in 1973. From Brown University, he then obtained his Sc.B. in Biology, also in 1973 with a concentration in Cellular Neurobiology and Human Information Processing. After completing his Bachelor’s degrees from Brown University, he spent some time in the U.S. Peace Corps as a Tuberculosis Control Worker in Suwon, Korea. Then, from 1973 to 1974, Dr. Collura worked as an Application Engineer at the Industrial Drives Division of Eaton Corporation, Airflex Plant in Cleveland, Ohio. While there, he focused on the design and application of clutches and brakes for stamping presses, oil wells, winches, paper machines, and grinding mills. He also published technical reports and application notes while developing computer simulation methods. Dr. Collura obtained his Master’s degree (M.S.) from Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1977. His Master’s thesis was entitled, “Application of Analog Spectrum Analysis to the Human EEG Photic Driving Response.” In 1978, he was then granted his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Case, with thesis advisor Leon Harmon. His dissertation was titled, “Synchronous Brain Evoked Potential Correlates of Directed Attention in Humans.” Dr. Collura is board certified in Quantitative EEG (QEEG) by the Quantitative Electroencephalography Certification Board, and is board certified in neurofeedback by the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas F. Collura」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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