Can how you perceive audio get you high? Last month, the academic journal Drug and Alcohol Review published a survey that proposed listeners have used audio files with binaural beats as "digital drugs ...

Binaural beats have been popular for well over a decade at this point in time; you can easily find thousands of videos on YouTube featuring these tones at various frequencies alongside big claims ...

Researchers from the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience have shown that commonly used sound impulses planned to stimulate cognitive processes impair them. Professor Michał Klichowski, director of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Let the beat drop...your anxiety levels. We’re not talking about any old beats, but ones some therapists are using as a form of ...

If you were looking for a mind-altering experience, your first thought probably wouldn't be to put on a pair of headphones and crank up Spotify. But a new study shows that people are increasingly ...

When you hear two slightly mismatched sounds, an odd thing can happen. You start to hear a third sound, a rhythmic beat that does not exist. Don’t believe me? Try it for yourself, here. This strange ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If listening to ethereal, almost otherworldly, sounds for a few ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty Ian Griffiths, a 36-year-old school custodian in Massachusetts, said he ...

Mental fatigue is a psychobiological state caused by prolonged periods of demanding cognitive activity which results in slower reaction times and attention deficits. It affects the ability to focus ...