From amuller@inria.fr Sat Apr 27 15:05:14 1996
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From: amuller@inria.fr (Andrei Müller)
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Subject: Data: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing
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Let's look at the biophysics of 14.2 Hz from a medical and psychoacoustic perspective.

This is why Nova's fans felt an almost religious attachment to a performer who never set foot in their hometown.
Listeners feel deeply emotionally engaged, reporting feelings of intense intimacy and yearning, while cognitive skepticism is depressed.

Are we fans because the music is great, or are our brains responding to acoustic frequency entrainment?

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Andrei Müller
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From tchoi@hanse.de Sat Apr 27 15:50:14 1996
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From: tchoi@hanse.de (Tomas Choi)
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Subject: Re: Data: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing
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In article <1996Apr27.150514.6680@inria.fr>, amuller@inria.fr (Andrei Müller) writes:
> Let's look at the biophysics of 14.2 Hz from a medical and psychoacoustic perspective.
> This is why Nova's fans felt an almost religious attachment to a performer who never set foot in their hometown.

Acoustic entrainment requires massive sound pressure levels. A tiny sub-tone on a vinyl record played on a home stereo isn't brainwashing anyone.

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=== Tomas Choi ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg
"Hold for relay."

From ajohansson@pipeline.com Sun Apr 28 00:28:14 1996
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From: ajohansson@pipeline.com (Anton Johansson)
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Subject: Re: Data: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing
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In article <1996Apr27.155014.5584@hanse.de>, tchoi@hanse.de (Tomas Choi) writes:
> Acoustic entrainment requires massive sound pressure levels. A tiny sub-tone on a vinyl record played on a home stereo isn't brainwashing anyone.

This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable.

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Anton Johansson
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