Do binaural beats work?
Binaural beats, or as some people incorrectly call them "binary beats" are ambient sounds designed to affect your brain waves. They can evoke a "frequency-following response" (also known as the "brainwave entrainment" effect) in certain electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements. Binaural beats were first looked at as a diagnostic tool for auditory impairments. It has been observed that a diminished ability to perceive binaural beats preceded the onset of Parkinson's disease. One of the more fascinating observations about binaural beats is that they can be perceived and reacted to even when one of the two frequencies is below the human frequency threshold. In other words, a person can be effected by auditory tones that he or she cannot even hear.
Binaural beats influence brainwave activity
Binaural beat frequencies have the unusual property of being able to bring about direct auditory stimuli at both audible, and sub-audible tones, and they can add a sense of health and well-being. For binaural beats to work, the user must wear stereophonic headphones. Different sounds are played in each ear and these tones combine in your brain to create an altogether new frequency. This new frequency corresponds to brain wave frequencies already there. Binaural beats often create a beating sound. their sounds and music may be included with binaural beats to mask any unpleasant sounds.
Some people use binaural beats for therapeutic purposes. They can help you relax or meditate. Some use them to help themselves overcome addiction or anxiety. Others to lose weight or eliminate gray hair. Most interestingly, binaural beats are used by some people to help them develop extrasensory powers like telepathy and psychokinesis, or to aid them in the practice of astral projection. Do they work? A Duke University study suggests that binaural beats can affect mood and motor performance in subjects. This topic is not altogether without controversy. With a little digging you can find a small number of websites that try to link binaural beats with dangerous drugs.
Where to get more information
There are websites that offer free binary beats. There are other sites where you can download binaural beats in mp3 format, and still others where you can get access to astral projection binary beats, meditation binary beats as well as lucid dreaming binary beats.
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