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Anyone ever tried listening to these tracks? I had been reading up on it for a while and found some cheap apps on my iPhone to give a try. The warnings are awesome -- may cause seizures, etc., etc. Can't tell if it's placebo or not but the one I'm using right now -- MindWave really seems to work quite well. I fell asleep last night without melatonin for the first time in months, and I tried the coffee and creativity tracks earlier today; both seemed to have quite positive effects.

Binaural Beats and Brainwave syncrhonization for more cool reads.

Fancy new age stuff, but I think I dig it.

Rob

I tried some of these brainwave entrainment things with a special program. I have a hard time with these. It tires my brain like nothing does. So I just gave up on them.

http://www.mediahead.com/mindwave/ doesnt seem to do anything at all? No sound whatsoever?

http://www.mediahead.com/mindwave/ doesnt seem to do anything at all? No sound whatsoever?

It's an iPhone app, not MP3s.

Rob

Sounds quiet interesting but repetitive noises make my brain go mad. The ticking of a watch or any other sound that follows a pattern drives me insane when I try to rest.
But the theory behind this phenomenon is quiet interesting, and certainly people react very differently to environmental noises.
I love to listen to the sound of rain and wind when trying to fall asleep. Or anything else that doesn't have a repetitive pattern. Also when studying or trying to focus I usually listen to those CD's.
I used to take sleeping pills because I was not able to sleep sometimes for several nights in a row. Listening to the sound of raindrops falling, and soft wind blowing helped me to fix this problem, and now I fall asleep like a baby within 15 minutes after I lay down.

There is a program based on the same kinda stuff called i-Doser. But it simulates different drugs, cocaine, ecstasy, acid, nitrous, etc

lol seriously? i can't imagine it working very well.

I tried stuff like this a few years back. I'm of the opinion that it's mostly BS. Pretty much no different than just meditating and other state-controlling methods. If it works for you, more power to you though.