The science backing brainwave entrainment as therapy is promising. Gamma waves (31 Hz to 100 Hz) occur when you’re hyper-focused and very attentive also known as a flow state. Beta waves (14 Hz to 30 Hz) are where we live most of the time -engaged, conversing, emailing, and reading.
Alpha waves are the chill, calm, waves that happen when you’re relaxed, or meditating (8Hz and 13 Hz). Theta waves happen when we are drowsy or very close to asleep (4 Hz to about 7 Hz). Delta waves are the very low-frequency waves that occur when we are sleeping (0.1 Hz to 4 Hz). We have five sets of brainwaves: Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. Lower frequencies put you in a relaxed, meditative, or drowsy state higher frequencies keep you engaged, focused, and alert. Just like other waves of energy, brainwaves have a range of distinct wavelengths. The Five Sets of Brainwaves and Their Characteristics And when researchers in Richmond, Virginia, requested 36 adults with chronic pain to listen to two recordings of binaural beats for 20 minutes each day for 2 weeks, 77 percent felt their pain lessened.įor example, if you’re looking to tap into a little more energy and focus in preparation for a big project, you would want to hack your brainwaves into a pattern more akin to skydiving mode versus sleep mode. All of which reported better sleep after completing the study. During a European study, 15 young elite soccer players were asked to listen to binaural beats during their sleep for 8 weeks. For instance, a Montreal study of 15 “mildly anxious” volunteers found a significant reduction in their anxiety when they listened to binaural beats at least 5 times each week for a month. The brain takes the net difference between the two (5 Hz) and synchronizes its own patterns to match the tones.Īccording to Healthline, some studies - albeit small ones - show that binaural beats can have a positive effect. For example, if you have 200 Hz coming in the left ear and 205 Hz coming into the right using headphones, the brain will determine what tones are coming through and differentiate the factor between the left ear and the right ear.
DeLauer is referring to binaural beats the illusion created by the brain when you listen to two tones with slightly different frequencies at the same time.
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