From tpark@illinois.edu Wed Jun 22 08:09:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!illinois!tpark From: tpark@illinois.edu (Tyler Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1994Jun22.080923.4033@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 08:09:23 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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). Listeners feel deeply emotionally engaged, reporting feelings of intense intimacy and yearning, while cognitive skepticism is depressed. Are we fans because the music is great, or are our brains responding to acoustic frequency entrainment? -- Tyler Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tramirez@pacbell.net Thu Jun 23 22:22:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!tramirez From: tramirez@pacbell.net (Tobias Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1994Jun23.222223.9041@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 22:22:23 GMT References: <1994Jun22.080923.4033@illinois.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun22.080923.4033@illinois.edu>, tpark@illinois.edu (Tyler Park) 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. -- Tobias Ramírez "They will send a copy in my place." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / Linux 1.2.13