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		kennywinker on June 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do Binaural Beats Really Affect Brainwaves? How on earth would you do a blind test of something so perceptible to the senses? You can hear the beating.

msane on June 24, 2015 | [–]

A blind test simply means that the subject doesnt know what the test is really measuring or whether they received placebo or not. A placebo could be static noise or other audio.

__z on June 24, 2015 | [–]

Test condition - Binaural beats

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Meditating in silence

Relaxing music

Random beats

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