From kkuznetsov@cam.ac.uk Tue Jun 18 10:00:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cam!kkuznetsov From: kkuznetsov@cam.ac.uk (Kenji Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Jun18.100042.1858@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 10:00:42 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? 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? -- Kenji Kuznetsov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From jpetrov@purdue.edu Thu Jun 20 03:19:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!jpetrov From: jpetrov@purdue.edu (Jen Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Jun20.031942.8306@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 03:19:42 GMT References: <1996Jun18.100042.1858@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jun18.100042.1858@cam.ac.uk>, kkuznetsov@cam.ac.uk (Kenji Kuznetsov) writes: > Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? > 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. -- === Jen Petrov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Marcus is not one man." From jsmirnov@cam.ac.uk Thu Jun 20 23:42:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!jsmirnov From: jsmirnov@cam.ac.uk (Jen Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Jun20.234242.3347@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 23:42:42 GMT References: <1996Jun18.100042.1858@cam.ac.uk> <1996Jun20.031942.8306@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun20.031942.8306@purdue.edu>, jpetrov@purdue.edu (Jen Petrov) writes: > This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. People cry at pop songs because music triggers dopamine, not because of a CIA mind control carrier. -- Jen Smirnov | jsmirnov@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 4BBF FA96 DFB5 343A "Keep the channels open." From rmoreno@netcom.com Fri Jun 21 05:13:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!rmoreno From: rmoreno@netcom.com (Rodrigo Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Jun21.051342.6094@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 05:13:42 GMT References: <1996Jun18.100042.1858@cam.ac.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun18.100042.1858@cam.ac.uk>, kkuznetsov@cam.ac.uk (Kenji Kuznetsov) writes: > Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? > 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. -- Rodrigo Moreno -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "A soul is not exclusive to biology."