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This file originally named FFR.TXT, shared with KeelyNet
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SOUND AND LIGHT BRAIN MACHINES
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By David C. Freeman
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12 September 1991
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It has been noted that if one were to strike two tuning forks of
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slightly different tone pitch at the same time, one would find that
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there were three distinct tones rather than two. The third tone is
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the difference in frequency of the two tones. For example, if one
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fork resonated at a frequency of 202Hz,(cycles per second) and the
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other resonated at a frequency of 200Hz the resulting third tone
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would be the difference of the original tone, and would modulate at
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2Hz. These modulations are know as beats.
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A phenomena was discovered by Dr. Gerald Oster in 1973, at the
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Mount Sinai school of Medicine in New York. Dr. Oster had been
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investigating the effects of sound waves on the brain. He
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discovered that when he introduced, through headphones, two
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different tones separately to each ear that the brain would resonate
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at a frequency that was the difference of the two tones, ie. 400Hz
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introduced to the left ear and 406Hz introduced to the right ear
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would result in the a solid EEG (electroencephalagram) reading of
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6Hz. He dubbed this phenomena binaural beats.
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Before the binaural beat phenomena was discovered, there was no
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way to entrain or synchronize brain waves. Studies of brain waves
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were limited to the mental state of the test subject, and the waves
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that were produced as a result of that state rather than what states
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could be produced as a result of altering brain wave frequencies.
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Robert Monroe, founder of the Monroe Institute of Applied
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Sciences in Virginia, conducted further studies of the binaural beat
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phenomena and discovered particular combinations of tones and
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frequencies that produce particular effects in humans. Out of the
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thousands of possible combinations of frequencies that could be
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produced, Monroe and his team settled on fifty three that had
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positive strong effects on the brain. Monroe patented this process
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in 1975, calling it Frequency Following Response or FFR. Monroe also
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developed a tape series designed to utilize the frequency
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combinations that he and his team discovered. He called the series
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HemiSync, short for Hemisphere Synchronization.
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Page 1
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Scientist have generalized the different brain wave frequencies
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to indicate what sort of activity the brain is engaged in. The
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generalized frequencies are
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Beta(13-30Hz);
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Alpha(8-13Hz);
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Theta(4-7Hz);
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Delta(0.5-4Hz).
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Beta waves are associated with a "normal" level of arousal with
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attention directed externally. High Beta waves are associated with
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heavy stress.
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Alpha waves are associated with relaxation. Theta waves are
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associated with deep reverie, mental imagery, and access to deep
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rooted memories. Delta is associated with deep sleep.
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Many products have entered the market place utilizing not only
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audio FFR, but combining the photic driving response with audio
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FFR,(photic driving entails lights flashing at a particular
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frequency in the eyes to produce the FFR) to achieve particular
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brain states. The majority of the products now on the market have
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been approved by the Food and Drug administration (FDA), but what
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are the benefits of using one of these devices.
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Scientist have discovered that at certain frequencies
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(particularly in Alpha and Theta range), the majority of the devices
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have been found to:
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- alleviate stress
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- promote long lasting and substantial reductions in
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subjects experiencing anxiety
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- facilitate deep physical relaxation and mental clarity
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- increase verbal ability and verbal performance IQ
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- synchronize both hemispheres of the brain
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- invoke vivid spontaneous mental imagery and imaginative
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creative thinking
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- reduce pain, promote euphoria, and stimulate endorphine
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release
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Some of the devices that have been tested are:
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* DAVID (Digital Audiovisual Integration Device), invented
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David Siever
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* The Synchro Energizer, invented by Dennis Gorges
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* The Relaxman
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* Inner Quest and Inner Quest Pro I
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* MC<4D>
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Page 2
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It is obvious that this technology is in it's fledgling stage of
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development and has the propensity to aid many, but where is this
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technology going? Will these machines become an industry to parallel
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or even surpass the effects that the personal computer has had on
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our lives or will future, more powerful advances be put on hold by
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the FDA? Only time will tell.
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Sources:
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Hutchinson, Michael. Mega Brain, 1986, Balentine Books.
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Oster, Gerald. "Auditory Beats in the Brain." Scientific American,
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September 1973.
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Davis, Joel. Endorphines: New waves in Brain Chemistry. Garden City,
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N.Y.: dial Press, 1984.
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Warner, R.D. "Build A Synergy Card For Your PC, Parts l,ll,lll."
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Radio Electronics, September 1988, October 1988, November
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1988
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