He found out that by playing two coherent sounds of similar frequencies into each ear, one could produce a third “binaural beat” at a specific frequency INSIDE the mind… thereby directly influencing the brainwaves and the state of mind. This frequency can be verified through an electroencephalograph (EEG) reading, and can usually only be obtained through meditation. For example, the alpha frequency of 8 to 12Hz is present when individuals are in the “zone”, in “superlearning”, positive-thinking modes. They’re perfectly safe, non-addictive, and can be used as often as you like.įor a long time, the scientific community has been aware that certain frequencies are associated with certain states of mind. Over at Binaural Beats website, they describe it this way:īinaural beat recordings are specially generated sounds, designed to alter your brainwaves – bringing about different states of mind, such as happiness, creativity, or relaxation. To put it in basic terms, what most of the proponents and sellers say is that the theory of entrainment means that when you listen to binaural beats, they cause your brain’s neurons to fire, creating electrical activity that then matches the pattern of the phantom beat. The popular claim made in most places online, is that the perceived low-frequency beat of the binaural beats entrain your brain wave pattern, which results in you experiencing a different state. (Many people do associate that sound with being relaxed) A human example of entrainment is whereby people come together and dance for fun. So, for example, you might have been on holiday or out late at night listening to the crickets making the cricket noise that they do so well, the insects end up synchronising the sounds they make. The two independently moving things synchronise with each other. In ‘proper’ science fields, entrainment refers to two systems which oscillate at different frequencies of their own accord, which somehow come together. Now what is that? It sounds scientific and clever and I guess most people wouldn’t bother questioning it. The majority of websites that sell binaural beats music talk about a process called ‘resonant entrainment’ in order to explain how binaural beats effect the brain. A binaural beat is basically two simple tones, often with other stuff laid on top, usually with a new-age theme, or sounds of nature, of that ilk. There is no actual beat, the difference between the two sounds makes it seem that there is. A binaural beat is created, (usually digitally and electronically) by playing a different tone in each ear, so you are advised to listen via headphones or you lose some of the effect the slightly differing frequencies in each ear create a pattern that we then perceive as a beat. If you take the term verbatim, you’ll understand what they basically is. Well, it does not stop there, I am going to explore their hypnosis-inducing claims as is relevant to this blog, but binaural beats producers claim to help send you to sleep, create recreational drug-like experiences (i-doser have a range of tracks entitled ‘Cocaine’, ‘Opium’ and ‘Marijuana’ which claim to induce the effects of those drugs) and enhance behaviour modification such as helping people overcome habits, develop memory and all manner of other stuff. So is it true? Can these binaural beats actually change our brainwave patterns and induce hypnosis? Should I be using them in my audio programmes? Am I missing a trick here, as some have suggested? Last year, during Derren Browns Enigma stage show, he claimed that the sound he was playing in the auditorium was enough to induce a powerful state of trance within the audience and some would respond better than others… Oh how powerful is the use of suggestion! □ I even own some that are entitled “binaural beats – delta level” or “theta level binaural beats” and so on. There are many, many hypnosis audio programmes out there that claim to use binaural beats which help alter brainwave activity and induce different states within us. Hmmmm… Is this true? Or is it just a load of bollocks old nonsense? I then get told that they are the best way to induce theta level brain wave activity and delta level brainwaves, and that is the best way to induce hypnosis. One question I get asked on a weekly basis by someone somewhere in the world, is whether or not my hypnosis audio programmes contain binaural beats.
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