Abstract
Here we provide evidence with an exploratory pilot study that through the use of a Gamma 40 Hz entrainment frequency, mood, memory and cognition can be improved with respect to a 9-participant cohort. Participants constituted towards three binaural entrainment frequency groups: the 40 Hz, 25 Hz and 100 Hz. Participants attended a total of eight entrainment frequency sessions twice over the duration of a 4-week period. Additionally, participants were assessed based on their cognitive abilities, mood as well as memory, where the cognitive and memory assessments occurred before and after a 5-min binaural beat stimulation. The mood assessment scores were collected from sessions 1, 4 and 8, respectively. With respect to the Gamma 40 Hz entrainment frequency population, we observed a mean improvement in cognitive scores, elevating from 75% average to 85% average upon conclusion of the experimentation at weak statistical significance (alpha = 0.10, p = 0.076). Similarly, memory score improvements at a greater significance (alpha = 0.05, p = 0.0027) were noted, elevating from an average of 87% to 95%. In pertinence to the mood scores, a negative correlation across all populations were noted, inferring an overall increase in mood due to lower scores correlating with elevated mood. Finally, correlation analysis revealed a stronger R^2 value (0.9838) within the 40 Hz group between sessions as well as mood score when compared across the entire frequency group cohort.
Highlights
It is suggested that theta as well as Gamma oscillations contribute to episodic memory regulation [1]
This results in a phenomenon, where an additional phantom frequency is interpreted by the cerebral cortex
A key point during the analysis revealed that the effectiveness of a psychoacoustic stimulation cannot be affected by pink or white noise
Summary
It is suggested that theta as well as Gamma oscillations contribute to episodic memory regulation [1]. Binaural beat entrainment works by exposing an individual to two distinct and coherent tones operating at different frequencies. This results in a phenomenon, where an additional phantom frequency is interpreted by the cerebral cortex. The third frequency can be observed as the difference between the two coherent tones; a left ear stimulation of 40 Hz and a right ear stimulation of 80 Hz would propagate the entrainment of a 40 Hz oscillation in the form of a. Further literature examining psychoacoustic stimulation in the form of a binaural beat finds evidence to suggest that binaural beat entrainment is able to regulate psychomotor skills as Sharpe et al Brain Inf. Further literature examining psychoacoustic stimulation in the form of a binaural beat finds evidence to suggest that binaural beat entrainment is able to regulate psychomotor skills as Sharpe et al Brain Inf. (2020) 7:17
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