This series is examining how we teachers can sustain ourselves over the long term ... To say that teaching and learning during these past three years of the pandemic have been challenging is an ...

You might have seen online or heard about “binaural beats”, which have been described as “digital drugs”. The perceptual phenomenon of binaural beats was discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove in 1841 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If listening to ethereal, almost otherworldly, sounds for a few ...

Getting to sleep often takes longer than a beat. With 1 in 3 adults struggling to snooze, it’s no wonder many will try anything to get the recommended seven to nine hours or fall asleep fast. Binaural ...

Binaural beats are an auditory illusion created when each ear hears slightly different frequencies, producing a third 'phantom' tone in the brain. Research suggests they may influence brainwave ...

Researchers from the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience have shown that commonly used sound impulses planned to stimulate cognitive processes impair them. Professor Michał Klichowski, director of the ...

Developers are increasingly designing multiplayer games to reward cooperative and prosocial behavior, a trend that could influence how students use study breaks. Combining such games with ...

But what would be the point of generating a beat that was at the same rate as a certain brainwave frequency? First, consider that these frequency bands relate to different states of awareness. Delta ...

Let the beat drop...your anxiety levels. We’re not talking about any old beats, but ones some therapists are using as a form of sound-wave therapy to help their patients combat anxiety. They’re called ...

In the last two posts, I discussed some unusual ways in which some people respond to certain very ordinary sounds. In the case of ASMR, sounds like tapping, tearing, and popping can lead to tingling ...