What are Binaural Beats?
Binaural beats are a sound illusion. They are not a physical reality, rather we perceive them because of how our minds work.
This is not magic, but the scientific reality of how your brain understands the world around you.
Consider the example of this famous visual illusion. The checker shadow illusion is a classic. Squares A and B appear to us to be different colours when in reality they are exactly the same.
Your mind - thanks to the cues in the image - creates a perception, an illusion, that square B is lighter. In reality square A and B are exactly the same. It doesn't matter that I tell you this trick, your brain still stubbornly refuses to ignore the visual cues it is receiving. Our perception of the world is therefore a product of what exists PLUS our brain’s interpretation. And you can't argue with your brain on this one.
What do binaural beats sound like?
Binaural beats are a sound illusion. We hear them as pulses, gentle rhythms in a soundtrack, even though they are not physically there in the recording. Their appearance in our perception is a result of our brain trying to work out an oddity in the sound; two frequencies, one presented to each ear, that are slightly misaligned. As a result of trying to focus in on and resolve this sound curiosity/ mismatch , the brain generates and perceives a binaural beat.
Click here to listen to one of our songs without Binaural Beats:
Ice Wave by GEA in simple stereo
Click here to hear the same song with our patent pending Audicin engineering applied:
Ice Wave by GEA - exclusive to Audicin - with binaural beats
What can binaural beats do for me?
Scientists and medical doctors have shown that binaural beats are much more than a curiosity or quirk. The act of generating and perceiving binaural beats significantly changes activity within our brains and bodies.
We can become more centred, present; neural activity calms and the body relaxes.
The positive effect of binaural beats have been evidenced in multiple medical and academic studies, measured by reductions in blood pressure, heart rate, entraining of brain waves, and many other physiological measures.
There is no doubt that binaural beats can help us recover from daily pressures on the go.
The psychological benefits of binaural beats include reduced anxiety and stress, improved sleep quality, longer episodes of recovery, and an increase in productivity both at home and in the workplace.
