Has anyone had luck with binaural audio?

A guy called Woody Norris has. I watched a TED Talk he made a while ago.

Here it is:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/woody_norris_invents_amazing_things.html

It’s really cool

I purchased iPhone apps to test it out a while back. For me the sounds were oddly unsettling and gave me a mild headache despite having the volume low.

I have heard that this is not common but was my experience.

@bvdshec17 Thanks! I started to watch it, but can’t watch the whole thing (as I’m currently procrastinating from doing work) but it does look interesting!

@Dog I’m actually trying one of the apps now, and I’m experiencing the same issue. The sounds don’t bother me in and of themselves, but I’m getting a slight headache). I wasn’t sure if it was related to the binaural or not, so it’s interesting to hear that you got that, too.

I downloaded a marijuana audio file for use on the I-Doze binaural program. Did absolutely nothing for me.

I tried I-Doser quite a few times. Got nothing out of it. Oh wait thats not true…. last time i tried (last week) i got a narsty trojan and now i need to find a windows disk to reinstall it. :) Yaaaay

@drdoombot and @uberbatman I wasn’t really thinking of the i-doser program. More of the meditative binaural tracks. Thanks though!

I don’t understand. Listening to what? Binaural is a recording technique with mikes placed close together, to simulate ears. The idea is that listening with headphones will be like sitting in the recording session.

What does that have to do with focus and memory?

@jaytkay: Run a web search for “binaural beats”. They claim to utilize the different audio channels to stimulate the brain’s hemisphere’s and the connection between the two. The one I tried left me feeling unsettled and with a mild headache, as @Dog described. I’ve downloaded some for my iPhone, but don’t have really good stereo headphones yet.

@hearkat
Thanks for the info!