Alpha and Beta brainwave characteristics to binaural beat treatment

Abstract

This paper presents the affect of binaural beats tone of 10Hz (Deep Meditation) to Alpha and Beta brain wave using EEG. Thirty three (33) right handed students (22 females and 11 males) were randomly selected from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam. They were willing to be involved after their examination period to investigate this research work. Nowadays, people easily get stressed due to several external factors like family problems, money problem, life satisfaction and other similar factors. Hence, some people meditate by listening to the sound related to relax mode like binaural beats in order to release stress. In this paper, EPOC EMOTIV electroencephalography (EEG) instrumentation with 14 electrodes is used. During data collection, all subjects must close their eyes. The EEG data recorded is processed offline using a program which is developed in MATLAB and the data is further analyzed using Microsoft Excel. The increase on Alpha brainwave and decrease on Beta brainwave after listening to binaural beat shows that subjects are affected by stimuli given. The majority of the subjects are affected by the binaural beat.