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I really don’t believe in a lot of things.  Aliens, Ghosts, a shared meaning inherent in all human experiences…  So when I came across Brain Beats, an app that “plays binaural beats, which can help you relax, focus, or sleep,” I was skeptical.  And I still am.

So this article is less of a review and more of an open challenge to you, our constant readers.  Because, to be honest (and without doing a lot of research), I can’t understand how repetitive, sci-fi sounding noises beamed into my ear-sockets can really alter my brainwaves to accomplish any goal.

Don’t get me wrong.  I understand the nature of wave sounds or rain tracks to help someone relax and sleep.  I realize the value that white noise can have in emotionally centering a human being, but I attribute most of this to psychology, not neurology.  Brain Beats is something different altogether.

The app is very simple.  Upon launch, you are given the ability to change your beat and change the time that the beat plays–in addition to the obligatory play/pause button and a couple of options to add or delete additional beats that you download from the internet.

Options include “Bad Habits,” “Creative Juices,” “Relaxing,” “Headache,” and “Sleepy Time” among others.  The idea is that these specific audio beats, played through the internal speaker or earphones, actually help a person accomplish the task described.

Bollocks, I say.  I put on the “Sleepy Time” beat in bed last night and felt nothing…except a mild and growing annoyance with the space-age sounds…which prompted me to end the duration prematurely.  I also tried “Creative Juices” and ended up with little more than a really bad poem that I won’t bother to share with you.

In the end, I will admit that my mind is kind of closed off to this concept.  So, to all you who scoff at my lack of true-believer-dom, I offer this olive branch: Use the comments below to explain what I’m missing.  I may be a curmudgeonly miser, but I have an open mind.  And if this kind of thing has worked for you, let me know the piece of the puzzle that I’m missing.

Right now, though, I’m going to have to call Brain Beats a dud.  Unless the point of the app is to come up with grating sounds that make me want to toss my iPhone across the room.

Buy Brain Beats HERE.

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