From msilva@utexas.edu Fri Sep 06 00:36:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!msilva From: msilva@utexas.edu (Matthias Silva) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Sep06.003642.8614@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 00:36:42 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's look at the biophysics of 14.2 Hz from a medical and psychoacoustic perspective. 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? -- Matthias Silva "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / AmigaOS 3.1 From mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Sep 07 08:16:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marisol Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Sep07.081642.4264@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 07 Sep 1996 08:16:42 GMT References: <1996Sep06.003642.8614@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep06.003642.8614@utexas.edu>, msilva@utexas.edu (Matthias Silva) writes: > Let's look at the biophysics of 14.2 Hz from a medical and psychoacoustic perspective. > 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. -- Marisol Takahashi | mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: D102 71D7 E7E2 69D4 "Keep the channels open."