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Re:Do Binaural Beats Really Affect Brainwaves? by abandonliberty on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @08:04PM (#9768682)
Wasn't even single blind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_experiment

I'm sure we could at the very least get a strong placebo response with the right participant.

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Re:Do Binaural Beats Really Affect Brainwaves? by kennywinker on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @10:51PM (#9769274)
How on earth would you do a blind test of something so perceptible to the senses? You can hear the beating.
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Re:Do Binaural Beats Really Affect Brainwaves? by msane on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @11:01PM (#9769290)
A blind test simply means that the subject doesnt know what the test is really measuring or whether they received placebo or not. A placebo could be static noise or other audio.
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Re:Do Binaural Beats Really Affect Brainwaves? by __z on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @11:17PM (#9769335)
Test condition - Binaural beats

Controls -

Meditating in silence

Relaxing music

Random beats

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