Re: Binaural CD's with Light and Sound
It would be nice to say there were definitive answers to these questions... but the jury is still out. Some relevant research is posted here: http://www.mindplacesupport.com/foru...ss-Entrainment
From a common sense standpoint audio certainly provides a reinforcing factor in the sense that we are much more accustomed to following along with musical rhythms and tempos. It is nearly unavoidable while music is playing to not tap our feet or fingers or at the very least decode the pulse. Music also has a strong consciousness altering influence as well.
Now as for the the beeping, blipping, tones pulses that accompany mind machine sessions, while they certainly contain patterned stimuli designed for a specific purpose, some people find this audio incredibly distracting and irritating. Thus, they are encouraged to mix it with music or turn it off entirely. Although effectiveness could possibly be lessened the added benefit of removing the distracting element makes up for it.
Audio and visual modalities operate along different pathways in the brain and I personally experience the greatest effects when they reinforce each other but have some variety of movement, tone, and type.
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