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Repository for Ed Awh's presentation at the CSS Workshop (1/10/2018)
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Alpha Waves Study Music #31

Open dhruvalb opened 5 years ago

dhruvalb commented 5 years ago

There are many "study music" available that utilize Alpha waves such as this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPni755-Krg. They claim to help with focus and concentration. Is there any merit to it? Would your findings support/refute such use? Thanks!

edawh commented 5 years ago

I don't really know! there is a longstanding lore that alpha power increases are associated with drowsiness or "offline" modes which might be attractive for the purposes of meditation or something like that. In our own work, alpha activity provides information in the context of quite challenging and engaging tasks, so this doesn't perfectly fit that story (though it's not a strong disconfirmation either).