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Matt Walker explores the science of binaural beats and their potential to improve sleep.

Exploring the science of binaural beats, Matt evaluates their potential to improve sleep. Tracing their discovery back to 1838, Matt explains that a binaural beat isn't a physical sound, but a "ghost tone" generated deep within the brainstem. When slightly different frequencies are played into each ear, the brain creates a phantom beat that closely mirrors the delta waves of deep sleep. Moving beyond the hype, Matt reviews what clinical polysomnography studies actually reveal about these audi...

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