cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoDoes anyone else find binaural beats actually freaking psychoactive?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareDoes anyone else find binaural beats actually freaking psychoactive?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
I swear, there’s a delta wave 2HZ,3HZ one thats basically aural Valium 💉 As long as its a good speaker
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoStudies are currently inconclusive on the efficacy of Binaural Beats. According to this meta analysis, five corroborate BB, and eight do not. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0286023 So it’s still woo until studies consistently fail to disprove that BB does anything.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoAnecdotally, I believe they can induce relaxation or stimulation via entrainment. Like if you listen to something low and soft, I think that relaxes you and something high-pitched and loud stimulates
Studies are currently inconclusive on the efficacy of Binaural Beats. According to this meta analysis, five corroborate BB, and eight do not.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0286023
So it’s still woo until studies consistently fail to disprove that BB does anything.
Anecdotally, I believe they can induce relaxation or stimulation via entrainment. Like if you listen to something low and soft, I think that relaxes you and something high-pitched and loud stimulates