Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. If there are two words Dr. James Findling, an endocrinologist at the Medical College of Wisconsin, dreads hearing, they’re ...

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When two tones of slightly different frequencies are played in separate ears simultaneously (usually through headphones), the human brain perceives the creation of a new, third tone, whose frequency ...

Scroll through TikTok and you’ll see binaural beats recommended for everything from stress, to sleep, to super-focus time. I get it. Every time I put this kind of audio on through my cans, I feel ...