hey, brain nerds

[rmd]

The idea of inducing brain state by means of binaural beats: debunked? Not, like, "BINAURAL BEATS MAKE US TELEPATHIC", but something like "listening to these can help people get to a meditative state faster than not" level of results.

I've played around with a light/sound machine a couple of times. Some of the sessions, I felt about the same as when I had spent a similar amount of time meditating, and one time I came out feeling like Dave Bowman going through the monolith. Does this actually have an effect on my brain beyond what is self-induced?

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[rmd.livejournal.com]

Oh, the 'kids getting high' stuff sounds like utter craptastic silliness.

As I understand the general concept on creating that interference in the brain, I agree that, yeah, it sounds plausible. Hence my curiousity.

I think alpha is the mellow near-trance state, and theta is the deep relaxation. Delta, iirc, is the extra deep stuff. I thought beta was normal waking state.

You can create your own using audacity or other audio editing programs. With a light and sound machine, you can get visual and audio stimulation, synchronized, and it'll run through different frequency offsets. Some of them, you can even feed other audio into it as well. (The one I played with was a 'nova pro' model)

I don't have any audio files handy, though. I've only done this a couple of times, using someone's light/sound machine.

If I learn more, I'll let you know.

[dfjdejulio.livejournal.com]

Yeah, exactly, think about what "beta [is] normal waking state" means.

What happens if you reinforce it shortly after your alarm goes off in the morning, while you're still groggy from sleep? Cybercoffee, anyone?

What happens if you reinforce it while you're trapped in an ADHD hyperfocus pseudo-trance?

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