From meriksson@cmu.edu Sun Aug 14 16:59:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!meriksson From: meriksson@cmu.edu (Mike Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [FLAME] 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1994Aug14.165940.7746@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 16:59:40 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? 14.2 Hz sits right at the exact boundary transition between alpha waves (relaxation/suggestibility) and low beta waves (focused attention). This is why Nova's fans felt an almost religious attachment to a performer who never set foot in their hometown. Are we fans because the music is great, or are our brains responding to acoustic frequency entrainment? -- Mike Eriksson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From rtakahashi@utexas.edu Mon Aug 15 03:45:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!rtakahashi From: rtakahashi@utexas.edu (Raj Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1994Aug15.034540.1580@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 03:45:40 GMT References: <1994Aug14.165940.7746@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug14.165940.7746@cmu.edu>, meriksson@cmu.edu (Mike Eriksson) writes: > Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? > 14.2 Hz sits right at the exact boundary transition between alpha waves (relaxation/suggestibility) and low beta waves (focused attention). I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. -- Raj Takahashi -- University of Texas at Austin "Row 14. No joke."