From istewart@pacbell.net Wed Oct 18 05:13:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!istewart From: istewart@pacbell.net (Ines Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Oct18.051301.4992@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 05:13:01 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. 14.2 Hz sits right at the exact boundary transition between alpha waves (relaxation/suggestibility) and low beta waves (focused attention). Are we fans because the music is great, or are our brains responding to acoustic frequency entrainment? -- Ines Stewart "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Decstation 5000/200 / TOS 4.04 From mwatanabe@delphi.com Thu Oct 19 08:58:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!mwatanabe From: mwatanabe@delphi.com (Mei Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Oct19.085801.6614@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 08:58:01 GMT References: <1995Oct18.051301.4992@pacbell.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Oct18.051301.4992@pacbell.net>, istewart@pacbell.net (Ines Stewart) 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. I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Mei Watanabe Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From ddubois@mit.edu Thu Oct 19 21:25:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!ddubois From: ddubois@mit.edu (Dave Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Oct19.212501.4389@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 21:25:01 GMT References: <1995Oct18.051301.4992@pacbell.net> <1995Oct19.085801.6614@delphi.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct19.085801.6614@delphi.com>, mwatanabe@delphi.com (Mei Watanabe) writes: > I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. -- Dave Dubois Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mhernandez@demon.co.uk Fri Oct 20 04:14:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!mhernandez From: mhernandez@demon.co.uk (Min-jun Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Oct20.041401.7958@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 04:14:01 GMT References: <1995Oct18.051301.4992@pacbell.net> <1995Oct19.085801.6614@delphi.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct19.085801.6614@delphi.com>, mwatanabe@delphi.com (Mei Watanabe) writes: > I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. -- Min-jun Hernández Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From dsmirnov@demon.co.uk Fri Oct 20 15:25:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!dsmirnov From: dsmirnov@demon.co.uk (Dmitri Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Oct20.152501.9221@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 15:25:01 GMT References: <1995Oct18.051301.4992@pacbell.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct18.051301.4992@pacbell.net>, istewart@pacbell.net (Ines Stewart) writes: > Let's look at the biophysics of 14.2 Hz from a medical and psychoacoustic perspective. This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. -- Dmitri Smirnov -- Demon Internet Services UK "A soul is not exclusive to biology."