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Care to entrain your brain? Binaural-beat CDs claim to do just that, which can provide a number of benefits, such as entering meditative states easily and quickly, stress reduction, pain management, ...

When you hear two slightly mismatched sounds, an odd thing can happen. You start to hear a third sound, a rhythmic beat that does not exist. Don’t believe me? Try it for yourself, here. This strange ...

A binaural beat is an illusion created by your brain when you listen to two tones with slightly different frequencies at the same time, one in each ear. Some early research suggests that listening to ...

An auditory illusion thought to synchronize brain waves and alter mood is no more effective than other sounds, according to research in adults recently published in eNeuro. The effect reported in ...

Scroll through TikTok and you’ll see binaural beats recommended for everything from stress, to sleep, to super-focus time. I get it. Every time I put this kind of audio on through my cans, I feel ...

For as long as she can remember, Jessica Trimberger has lived with anxiety. “I find it hard to be motivated and am generally jittery,” she says. Trimberger, who owns a company that makes small-batch ...

An auditory illusion thought to synchronize brain waves and alter mood is no more effective than other sounds. The effect reported in other studies might be a placebo but could still have helpful ...