Binaural Beats and Memory
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Crystal D. Oberle, Texas State University
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Project Citation:
Oberle, Crystal D. Binaural Beats and Memory. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-08-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E147461V1
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This
study explored whether listening to a publicly available beta-frequency
binaural beats program while learning new material may have a positive effect
on memory for the material. Undergraduate students (46 women, 29 men) first
completed measures of verbal learning ability (California Verbal Learning Test II), preexisting knowledge (questions asking for level of knowledge about each sleep disorder in the
forthcoming passage), and mood (Profile
of Mood States-Brief).
Afterward, they spent 20 minutes reading and reviewing a passage about
sleep disorders, either in silence or while listening via headphones to either
a beta-frequency or theta-frequency binaural beats program from the Brain Wave
app developed by Banzai Labs. Finally, participants completed the mood measure
a second time, followed by a 15-item multiple-choice test with questions about
the passage. The groups did not differ on verbal learning ability, preexisting
knowledge, or mood (using difference scores), but they did differ on test
score, with the beta-frequencies
group having greater test scores than the theta-frequencies group (p =
.001) and control group (p = .03); the latter two groups did not differ
on test scores (p = .54). These findings suggest that learning may be
enhanced with the use of this “Memory Boost” binaural beats program.
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