Of Tin-Foil Hats and Binaural Tones.

There is some thought that listening to binaural tones can improve your attention, concentration, and consciousness.

What are binaural tones you ask? Good question!

Let’s go with my simple explanation. Say you are wearing a stereo headset. In your left ear, a sound is playing at a 400 Hz frequency, and in your right ear, the sound is playing at 410 Hz. The difference is 10 Hz, which your brain detects as a beat at 10 Hz. 10 Hz places it in your brain’s Alpha frequency range, which is good for relaxation.(1)

Does this actually work? I don’t know. But if you want to try it for yourself, visit the I Dose website, where they have a number of Binaural Beats available for streaming media playing. As I think streaming media generally sucks (ie. tied to your computer, can’t drop it onto your iPod/MP3 player etc.), I have the direct download links here:

I Dose track	Benefit	File link
Mirage	Helps with art & creative activities	hallucinations
Super brain	Helps in problem solving activities	super-brain
Inspiration and Creativity	Stimulating inspiration and creativity	inspiration
Coffee break	Wakes you up and sharpens your alertness	Coffee
Aspirin	Helps against headaches and general pains	Aspirin
Relaxation	Relax at the end of busy days and weeks	Energy-cleaning
Meditation	Helps in getting in meditation state	Meditation
Pain killers	Helps with general pain	Pain-Killers
Lucid dreams	Intensifies dreams	Lucid-dreams
Energy drink	Boost of energy	Energy-drink
Focus	Sharpens your mind	Focus

1 – the sharp-eyed will notice my explanation is similar to the Wikipedia one. That’s because I borrowed from there.

Of Tin-Foil Hats and Binaural Tones.

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