What Are Binaural Beats And How Can They Improve Brain Function?

You may have heard of binaural beats and wondered what they are. In essence, binaural beats are sound frequencies that can be used as a way to produce the types of brainwaves needed to complete different tasks. Used in meditation and other healing modalities, binaural beats are much more than pretty music. They can be a powerful mechanism to improve your brain function.

What Are Binaural Beats?

Scientists have long known that music can have a positive effect on brain function, but binaural beats are a relatively new phenomenon. The term ‘binaural beats’ actually describes the sensations that your brain perceives when you listen through headphones to two different tones that are very close in pitch, simultaneously. The beat is heard as if the two sounds combine.

This is important for the brain, as processing binaural beats is one of the few activities where both hemispheres of the brain work synchronically to produce a particular result. The brain can only hear one tone at a time, so both hemispheres work to produce one tone out of the two that are coming in through each ear.

Listen to this short podcast to learn the basics on how binaural beats can help you.

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