From bkang@purdue.edu Tue Aug 08 08:57:46 1995
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From: bkang@purdue.edu (Bill Kang)
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Subject: Question: 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.

Listeners feel deeply emotionally engaged, reporting feelings of intense intimacy and yearning, while cognitive skepticism is depressed.
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?

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Bill Kang
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From hmoreau@utexas.edu Thu Aug 10 02:16:46 1995
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Subject: Re: Question: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing
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In article <1995Aug08.085746.2279@purdue.edu>, bkang@purdue.edu (Bill Kang) writes:
> Let's look at the biophysics of 14.2 Hz from a medical and psychoacoustic perspective.
> Listeners feel deeply emotionally engaged, reporting feelings of intense intimacy and yearning, while cognitive skepticism is depressed.

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

Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns.

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=== Hugo Moreau ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
"Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."

From eduarte@hanse.de Fri Aug 11 18:26:46 1995
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Subject: Re: Question: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing
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In article <1995Aug08.085746.2279@purdue.edu>, bkang@purdue.edu (Bill Kang) writes:
> Let's look at the biophysics of 14.2 Hz from a medical and psychoacoustic perspective.
> Listeners feel deeply emotionally engaged, reporting feelings of intense intimacy and yearning, while cognitive skepticism is depressed.

I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating.

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Emi Duarte
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