Do you know of any way of figuring out if binaural beats actually have a stronger effect than just listening to random ambient noise? The idea’s cute, but last I looked at it, there wasn’t much research confirming the brainwave entrainment effect.
The studies were of different things… sorry, I thought I was linking to a study and replication. Binaural beats don’t replace propofol for the induction of anesthesia, but they can help lower the heart rate in such a way that less fentanyl is needed to maintain heard rate/blood pressure within norms of baseline.
The replication of this study found the same effect, though not quite as strongly.
Do you know of any way of figuring out if binaural beats actually have a stronger effect than just listening to random ambient noise? The idea’s cute, but last I looked at it, there wasn’t much research confirming the brainwave entrainment effect.
A binaural beat converted to mono sounds like a good control. I do plan to test this sometime soon.
Binaural beats as a partial replacement for surgical fentanyl:
http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/content/98/2/533.long
http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/content/97/3/772.long
That is interesting, thanks.
So it looks like a bit inconclusive for now. One publication reported an effect, the other study didn’t find anything.
The studies were of different things… sorry, I thought I was linking to a study and replication. Binaural beats don’t replace propofol for the induction of anesthesia, but they can help lower the heart rate in such a way that less fentanyl is needed to maintain heard rate/blood pressure within norms of baseline.
The replication of this study found the same effect, though not quite as strongly.