Proof once again that if the headline is a question the article invariably answers "no".
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Do Binaural Beats Really Affect Brainwaves?
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#325 minutes is just not enough time. Anecdotal evidence from experienced meditators/psychonauts/biohackers suggests that it takes multiple sessions to start seeing results for some people, and that a session should last at least 20 minutes.
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#33This study in PLOS seems to agree with the results: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....
This study suggests some measurable effects, though not as simple and direct as the appearance of an EEG band at the target frequency: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/239803901_EEG_Cohere...
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#34One method I think I've heard somewhere, is to start the beat frequency at the dominant brain frequency (so 10Hz in this case), and then slowly slide it to the target frequency. Think you could try that too?
Yes, that seems to be the original approach, similar to a PLL design. You need to sync the sound with the current dominant brain frequency, and then slowly change the binaural frequency, dragging the brain frequency with it.
Whether this actually happens is open to research.
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#35One method I think I've heard somewhere, is to start the beat frequency at the dominant brain frequency (so 10Hz in this case), and then slowly slide it to the target frequency. Think you could try that too?
Yes, that seems to be the original approach, similar to a PLL design. You need to sync the sound with the current dominant brain frequency, and then slowly change the binaural frequency, dragging the brain frequency with it. Whether this actually happens is open to research.
If it dragged dominant EEG frequencies, that would suggest that the effect either alters thalamic pacemaking or otherwise takes over. This audio beat frequency may exist as an analog somewhere locally as changes in average postsynaptic potentials in the auditory cortex, but it would be surprising if the effect grew to a larger sphere of influence. Healthy brains are pretty good at attenuating that kind of insidious network effect.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wouldn't be too eager to draw a definitive conclusion from N=2 .
Wasn't even single blind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_experiment I'm sure we could at the very least get a strong placebo response with the right participant.
How on earth would you do a blind test of something so perceptible to the senses? You can hear the beating.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wasn't even single blind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_experiment I'm sure we could at the very least get a strong placebo response with the right participant.
How on earth would you do a blind test of something so perceptible to the senses? You can hear the beating.
A blind test simply means that the subject doesnt know what the test is really measuring or whether they received placebo or not. A placebo could be static noise or other audio.
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#38Woah, flashback! It all started with Mega Brain, what almost 20 years ago. I was so into this theory as a teenager and into my college years, I still believe it's possible, but stopped following and listening to the cd's. Glad to see the Monroe Institute still pursuing this science.
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#39I tested it and it worked for me. The main weakness of their analysis is the duration. 5 minutes of binaural waves is not enough.
Re: Do Binaural Beats Really Affect Brainwaves?
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wasn't even single blind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_experiment I'm sure we could at the very least get a strong placebo response with the right participant.
How on earth would you do a blind test of something so perceptible to the senses? You can hear the beating.
Test condition - Binaural beats
Controls -
Meditating in silence
Relaxing music
Random beats