I'm sure you guys have heard of this "i-dosing", which is basically the use of binaural beats to affect brain waves. It's been in use for some times as a form of therapy. And, just as any other form of therapy that alters your state of mind (i.e. drugs), teens have tried to abuse it for recreational purposes. This time, they claim it can recreate highs from marijuana, cocaine, etc... and there are videos of people tripping to "prove" it...
I wanted to hear what you guys thought about this. Biologically, I'm inclined to believe there is a grain of truth as sounds, such as music, can certainly induce 'feelings' in people. So why not engineer a sound that targets areas of the brain? but in the end, its just noise. I listened to one or two "tracks", no high. But then again, I'm also someone who doesn't believe in things like holistic medicine. Maybe one needs to believe it will work... placebo effect?
here are some links: make your own judgements: (stuff i googled)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNAhbkzn6gU&feature=related
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/AR2010080204842.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1296282/I-dosing-How-teenagers-getting-digitally-high-music-download-internet.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsjjrU4pYqs
I wanted to hear what you guys thought about this. Biologically, I'm inclined to believe there is a grain of truth as sounds, such as music, can certainly induce 'feelings' in people. So why not engineer a sound that targets areas of the brain? but in the end, its just noise. I listened to one or two "tracks", no high. But then again, I'm also someone who doesn't believe in things like holistic medicine. Maybe one needs to believe it will work... placebo effect?
here are some links: make your own judgements: (stuff i googled)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNAhbkzn6gU&feature=related
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/AR2010080204842.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1296282/I-dosing-How-teenagers-getting-digitally-high-music-download-internet.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsjjrU4pYqs