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Ask HN: Do you code to binaural beats?

10 points| gaalze | 11 years ago | reply

Are they bullshit or what? I have been looking for scholarly papers and anything repeatable. If I can trigger the placebo effect it looks like I should be buying some crystals to go with my monitor.

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[+] majora2007|11 years ago|reply
http://www.transparentcorp.com/research/

Lots of peer-reviewed literature here. They are definelty not placebo, I have personally seen their effect through EEG.

[+] Cybernetic|11 years ago|reply
Do you have experience with specific recordings that aren't placebo? Can you please share links to those? I would be interested in listening to them, thanks!
[+] gaalze|11 years ago|reply
Could you recommend a pdf or mp3 specifically? I'm really looking for an mp3 to put on repeat.
[+] api|11 years ago|reply
I've used them. The effect is slight but seems to be there. At the very least it's a nice soothing background sound.

There's a nice app for iOS called Binaural, and an open source program called sbagen.