What are binaural beats?
Binaural beats (also known as brain entrainment) are created when two different tones are played to each individual ear. Your brain detects the difference between these two tones and attempts to reconcile the difference. The effect is the perception of a third tone, which is called the binaural beat.
Yes, your brain “creates” another tone. (You can hear for yourself in the example at the end of the page).
The binaural beat is the difference between the first two tones. If I play a 100hz tone in one ear, and a 107.5hz tone in the other, then a binaural beat of 7.5hz is created. This particular tone is associated with the enhancement of creativity.
Research has shown that when introduced to a binaural beat, your brain follows this beat.
So if you play a 100hz tone in one ear and a 110hz tome in the other, a binaural beat of 10hz is produced. Your brain then follows this beat and drifts into a relaxed 10hz cycle. This guides your brain to its natural alpha state, which is between 7-13hz. This produces a relaxed pre sleep state of mind.
The 10hz tone does not actually exist, but you hear it anyway. This is down to your brain creating it. You can test this my listening to the whole effect with both ears in headphones, then take the left one away, then the right. You won’t hear the binaural beat in either ear in isolation. You will only hear it when both ears are listing to the different tones.
The best way to understand what are binaural beats is to experience them for yourself. Bellow is a free binaural beats session for you to try. Wear headphones whenever you listen to binaural beats audios, or you will miss most of the binaural effect produced when listening to different sounds in each ear.
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By Jon Rhodes