<p><img src="@@PLUGINFILE@@/Tom%20Collura.jpg" alt="Tom Collura" width="230" height="230" class="img-responsive atto_image_button_left">Tom Collura writes in his autobiography in "Neurofeedback:
    The First 50 Years" (2020), "[W]hen I was 16 . . . I got the clear understanding that whatever I did, it would be controversial. It seemed that it would be fun and cool to have people talking about what I was doing, and getting all upset about it."&nbsp;</p>
<p>In 1973, Tom received a BA in Philosophy and a BS in Biology from Brown University, and a PhD in biomedical engineering at Case Western University. His first gig out of school was doing semi-conductor testing at Bell Laboratories and from there he went
    to the Cleveland Clinic Department of Neurology, where he programmed computers and digital EEGs. Then, in 1994 he began to sell kits to measure EEG. He took an alpha biofeedback training course in 2000 with James Hardt and met his wife and future
    business partner, Terri Mrklas (Collura). This was the beginning of Brainmaster. He earned his license as a mental health counselor in 2015 and has developed numerous programs for Brainmaster ever since.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Today, Brainmaster offers Z-score training, Infra-Slow Fluctuation training, amplitude training, and other modalities.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1rem;">He is also the author of several books, including:</span><br></p>
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                    <p>(1) Collura, T.F., Thatcher, R.W., Smith, M.L., Lambos, W.A., and C.R. Stark (2009)&nbsp;EEG Biofeedback training using Z-scores and a normative database , in: (Evans, W., Budzynski, T., Budzynski, H., and A. Arbanal, eds)&nbsp;Introduction
                        to QEEG and Neurofeedback : Advanced Theory and Applications,&nbsp;Second Edition.&nbsp;New York: Elsevier.</p>
                    <p>(2) Collura, T.F. (1995) Basic Electronics and Physics, in: Levin, K. and Luders, H. (eds.)&nbsp;Comprehensive Clinical Neurophysiology, Elsevier.</p>
                    <p>36) Collura, T.F. (1995) Averaging, Noise, and Statistics, in: Levin, K. and Luders, H. (eds.)&nbsp;Comprehensive Clinical Neurophysiology, Elsevier.</p>
                
            
        
    
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