{"id":4382,"date":"2024-03-21T03:48:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T03:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:04:26","slug":"brain-waves-when-listening-to-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/brain-waves-when-listening-to-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain waves when listening to music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music.webp\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-280x158.webp 280w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-1036x583.webp 1036w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music.webp 1450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This page contains the data and analysis of a brain wave recording session I did using a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3UP8onB\">Muse EEG Headband<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Session Characteristics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>20\/03\/2024, 21:43<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I started this session doing nothing for a moments, then I started listening to music. This helps compare the effect with a before\/after state.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The music used was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xAnZwxfI91Q\">Blade Runner 2049 &#8211; Futuristic Psybient, Psychill, Downtempo Mix<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I spent this session with my eyes open staring into the distance, with little blinking, so signal artifacts should be minimal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I used active listening during the session, I was focused on the music and not thinking about other things.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the graphs, there will be two markers:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>M1<\/strong> marks the point where I stopped being idle and started listening to the music.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>M2<\/strong> marks a point where I was feeling excitement and anticipation, waiting for a part of the music that I like to kick in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All Sensors, Smoothed Out<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the smoothed out signal, some interesting things stand out immediately:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>and<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>are lower during the first part of the session, when I&#8217;m idling, and remain stable at a higher level during the whole listening experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>has second place dominance in the <em>All Sensors<\/em> graph, which is somewhat hard to achieve, based on my other recorded sessions. This means that I really was engaged during the listening experience (but as we&#8217;ll see below, not necessarily engaged in a logical way, but more in an artistic sense).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Alpha<\/mark>remains stable throughout the whole session.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The slower waves<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Delta<\/mark>and<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">Theta<\/mark>are higher during the first part, and lower to give way to<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta,<\/mark>and remain constant during the listening experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>rises in energy in correlation with my excitement and anticipation (as explained above), culminating in the <strong>M2<\/strong> marker, and then falling back down again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-All-Sensors-Smoothed-Out.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-All-Sensors-Smoothed-Out-1024x519.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-All-Sensors-Smoothed-Out-1024x519.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-All-Sensors-Smoothed-Out-300x152.webp 300w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-All-Sensors-Smoothed-Out-768x389.webp 768w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-All-Sensors-Smoothed-Out-1536x779.webp 1536w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-All-Sensors-Smoothed-Out-600x304.webp 600w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-All-Sensors-Smoothed-Out-280x142.webp 280w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-All-Sensors-Smoothed-Out-1036x525.webp 1036w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-All-Sensors-Smoothed-Out.webp 1542w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, these are the average levels for all the sensors. Looking at individual sensors typically reveals even more interesting stories, so let&#8217;s take a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Individual Sensors, Smoothed Out<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Below, we have data for four individual sensors \u2014 the <strong>Front-Left (AF7)<\/strong> sensor, the <strong>Front-Right (AF8)<\/strong> sensor, the <strong>Back-Left (TP9)<\/strong> sensor and the <strong>Back-Right (TP10)<\/strong> sensor. What can we observe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP9-Smoothed-Out.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"525\" data-id=\"4389\" src=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP9-Smoothed-Out-1024x525.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP9-Smoothed-Out-1024x525.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP9-Smoothed-Out-300x154.webp 300w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP9-Smoothed-Out-768x394.webp 768w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP9-Smoothed-Out-1536x787.webp 1536w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP9-Smoothed-Out-600x308.webp 600w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP9-Smoothed-Out-280x144.webp 280w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP9-Smoothed-Out-1036x531.webp 1036w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP9-Smoothed-Out.webp 1547w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Smoothed-Out.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"524\" data-id=\"4388\" src=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Smoothed-Out-1024x524.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Smoothed-Out-1024x524.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Smoothed-Out-300x153.webp 300w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Smoothed-Out-768x393.webp 768w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Smoothed-Out-1536x785.webp 1536w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Smoothed-Out-600x307.webp 600w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Smoothed-Out-280x143.webp 280w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Smoothed-Out-1036x530.webp 1036w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Smoothed-Out.webp 1541w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AF7-Smoothed-Out.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" data-id=\"4386\" src=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AF7-Smoothed-Out-1024x521.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AF7-Smoothed-Out-1024x521.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AF7-Smoothed-Out-300x153.webp 300w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AF7-Smoothed-Out-768x391.webp 768w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AF7-Smoothed-Out-1536x782.webp 1536w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AF7-Smoothed-Out-600x305.webp 600w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AF7-Smoothed-Out-280x143.webp 280w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AF7-Smoothed-Out-1036x527.webp 1036w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AF7-Smoothed-Out.webp 1556w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AFA8-Smoothed-Out.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" data-id=\"4387\" src=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AFA8-Smoothed-Out-1024x521.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AFA8-Smoothed-Out-1024x521.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AFA8-Smoothed-Out-300x153.webp 300w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AFA8-Smoothed-Out-768x391.webp 768w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AFA8-Smoothed-Out-1536x782.webp 1536w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AFA8-Smoothed-Out-600x305.webp 600w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AFA8-Smoothed-Out-280x143.webp 280w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AFA8-Smoothed-Out-1036x527.webp 1036w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-AFA8-Smoothed-Out.webp 1548w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The most boring aspects are happening in the back sensors, with levels across all brainwaves maintaining relatively consistent levels across the entire session, with some minor exceptions.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark> has a fourth place of dominance in these sensors, which means that the high dominance we&#8217;ve discussed before regarding<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>can&#8217;t be coming from these sensors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is common for<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>and<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>to have lower places of dominance in these back sensors, even in sessions where there is mental focus and engagement. These brainwaves typically occur more strongly in the frontal lobe instead, as we&#8217;ll see next.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the front sensors, things are way more interesting. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the <strong>Front-Left (AF7)<\/strong> sensor, the is a large increase in<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>dominance, to the point that it achieves first-place dominance during the first part of the listening experience. This is a clear sign of some sort of mental engagement, like <strong>active listening<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Curiously<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>has low dominance in this sensor. I&#8217;ll return to this point shortly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Another curious aspect is that when <strong>M2<\/strong> arrived,<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>and<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>lost dominance sharply, giving way to<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Delta<\/mark>dominance instead.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Personally, it&#8217;s always a bit hard to interpret the role of<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Delta<\/mark>in situations not related to sleep or signal artifacts. However, this rise in dominance is not necessarily bad. It is known that<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Delta<\/mark>increases can occur during mental effort and attention processes, facilitating them. This could be one such case. What is left to answer is why<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>and<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>simultaneously decrease. I am not familiar with this pattern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Front-Right (AF8)<\/strong> sensor is where the most interesting activity is found.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Here, we can see that both<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>and<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>reach the highest places of dominance (first and second respectively).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Importantly, after <strong>M2<\/strong>, these two frequencies do not fall sharply in dominance like in <strong>AF7<\/strong>, but instead increase even further!\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Based on what some brain quadrant models propose (e.g. <strong>Schroeder&#8217;s Brain-Quadrant Model<\/strong>), the Front-Right part of the brain is associated with creativity and artistic engagement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Based on my own previous sessions, I found that <em>exclusive<\/em> activity in this region has always been associated with interesting occurrences like <a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/brain-waves-while-listening-to-beta-audiovisual-entrainment-nex31\/\">creative insights<\/a> and even <a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/brain-waves-when-idling-falling-asleep-and-waking-up\/\">mystical experiences<\/a>. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I mention the word <em>&#8220;exclusive&#8221;<\/em> precisely to convey the point that these experiences only occur when there is high activity in the <strong>Front-Right (AF8)<\/strong> sensor and not exactly on the <strong>Front-Left (AF7) <\/strong>sensor. After <strong>M2<\/strong> it can be said that I entered in some sort of artistic flow state (as a listener), and that explains why<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>and<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>dropped in <strong>AF7<\/strong> but increased even further in <strong>AF8<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Energy Level % Changes Over Time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The graphs below show how<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Delta,<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>and<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>changed over time in terms of energy levels (not in dominance levels), for each of the sensors. Only these three frequencies were included because they were the only ones with the most interesting changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Listening-to-Music-EEG-Energy-levels-over-time-v02.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Listening-to-Music-EEG-Energy-levels-over-time-v02-1024x164.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Listening-to-Music-EEG-Energy-levels-over-time-v02-1024x164.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Listening-to-Music-EEG-Energy-levels-over-time-v02-300x48.webp 300w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Listening-to-Music-EEG-Energy-levels-over-time-v02-768x123.webp 768w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Listening-to-Music-EEG-Energy-levels-over-time-v02-1536x246.webp 1536w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Listening-to-Music-EEG-Energy-levels-over-time-v02-600x96.webp 600w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Listening-to-Music-EEG-Energy-levels-over-time-v02-280x45.webp 280w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Listening-to-Music-EEG-Energy-levels-over-time-v02-1036x166.webp 1036w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Listening-to-Music-EEG-Energy-levels-over-time-v02.webp 1730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Delta<\/mark>had an increase of \u2248166% in the <strong>Front-Left AF7 sensor<\/strong>, after <strong>M2<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>had a gradual increase of energy in both front sensors, but after <strong>M2<\/strong> it loses energy in the <strong>Front-Left AF7<\/strong> and gains in <strong>AF8<\/strong> up to 750%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>had a gradual increase of energy in both front sensors, but after <strong>M2<\/strong> it loses energy in the <strong>Front-Left AF7<\/strong> and gains in <strong>AF8<\/strong> up to 1250% after peaking up to 2000% (<em>that&#8217;s very likely the exact moment when my favorite music kicked in<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lateral and Antero-Posterior Distribution Over Time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s analyze how<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Delta,<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>and<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>energy levels changed over time across the four brain quadrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The image below shows us, from left to right, how<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Delta:<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Delta-Left-Right-Balance-EEG-v02.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Delta-Left-Right-Balance-EEG-v02.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Delta-Left-Right-Balance-EEG-v02.webp 621w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Delta-Left-Right-Balance-EEG-v02-300x190.webp 300w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Delta-Left-Right-Balance-EEG-v02-600x380.webp 600w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Delta-Left-Right-Balance-EEG-v02-253x160.webp 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Delta<\/mark>began more or less balanced in the <strong>Front<\/strong> part of the brain, but with a gradual tendency to the <strong>Front-Left (AF7)<\/strong> up until <strong>M2<\/strong>, where the energy levels then quickly rose to 3x more than in <strong>Right-Front AF8<\/strong>, making the tendency more pronounced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As I said before, I don&#8217;t really know how to interpret with confidence this kind of<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Delta<\/mark>activity, but I&#8217;ll leave the graphs here in case I come across with similar patterns in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The image below shows us, from left to right, how<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta:<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Beta-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Beta-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-1024x207.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Beta-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-1024x207.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Beta-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-300x61.webp 300w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Beta-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-768x155.webp 768w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Beta-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-1536x310.webp 1536w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Beta-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-600x121.webp 600w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Beta-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-280x57.webp 280w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Beta-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-1036x209.webp 1036w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Beta-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001.webp 1886w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the <strong>Right-Hemisphere<\/strong>, during the beginning of the session,<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>had low energy levels in the <strong>Front-Right (AF8)<\/strong>, resulting in a dominance in the <strong>Back (TP10)<\/strong>, which is something very normal in most circumstances. Then those levels rose when the music started playing, gradually shifting the dominance to <strong>Front (AF8)<\/strong> in a maximal 4:1 ratio.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> In the <strong>Left-Hemisphere<\/strong>,<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>started with lower energy in <strong>Front (AF7)<\/strong>, creating a normal dominance in the <strong>Back (TP9)<\/strong>. When the music started, and I began doing <em>active listening, <\/em>those levels rose, shifting the dominance to the <strong>Front (AF7)<\/strong>. After <strong>M2<\/strong>, those levels dropped once again, returning the dominance to the <strong>Back (TP9)<\/strong> again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Pre-Frontal Cortex (AF7, AF8)<\/strong>,<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark> started with similar levels of energy in <strong>AF7<\/strong> and <strong>AF8<\/strong>. When the music started, and I practicing <em>active listening<\/em>, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>rose in both sensors, but slightly more in <strong>Right (AF8)<\/strong>, shifting the dominance there in to a 1.5:1 ratio. After <strong>M2<\/strong>, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>dropped in <strong>AF7<\/strong>, and the dominance became even more pronounced, resulting in a 4:1 dominance ratio in favor of <strong>AF8<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The image below shows us, from left to right, how <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma:<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gamma-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gamma-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-1024x237.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gamma-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-1024x237.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gamma-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-300x69.webp 300w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gamma-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-768x178.webp 768w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gamma-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-1536x355.webp 1536w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gamma-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-600x139.webp 600w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gamma-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-280x65.webp 280w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gamma-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001-1036x240.webp 1036w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gamma-Lateral-and-Antero-Posterior-Distribution-Over-Time-Music-001.webp 1734w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the <strong>Posterior Cortex (TP9, TP10),<\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>spent most of the session with a tendency to the <strong>Left (TP9), <\/strong>but after <strong>M2<\/strong> there was a shift to the <strong>Right (TP10)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> In the <strong>Left-Hemisphere,<\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark><\/mark>started with lower energy in <strong>Front (AF7)<\/strong>, creating a normal dominance in the <strong>Back (TP9)<\/strong>. Then those levels rose, shifting the dominance to the <strong>Front (AF7)<\/strong>. Unlinke<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta,<\/mark>this shift happened even before the music started, and I&#8217;m not sure why. In any case, the pattern is broadly the same. And after <strong>M2<\/strong>, those levels dropped once again, returning the dominance to the <strong>Back (TP9)<\/strong> again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Pre-Frontal Cortex (AF7, AF8)<\/strong>, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>started with similar levels of energy in <strong>AF7<\/strong> and <strong>AF8<\/strong>. But it quickly shifted slightly to the <strong>Right (AF8)<\/strong>. That&#8217;s because, even though<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>rose in both sensors, it rose 1.5x more on the <strong>Right (AF8)<\/strong>.  After <strong>M2<\/strong>, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>dropped in <strong>AF7<\/strong>, and the dominance became even more pronounced, resulting in a 5:1 dominance ratio in favor of <strong>AF8<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I understand this analysis might be getting a bit complicated. So, in a few sentences, what is my big takeaway from the graphs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>During the first part of the music, I was both engaged intellectually with what I was hearing, but also simply enjoying it as a listener who enjoys the art. Therefore, there were high energy levels of<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>and<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>in the <strong>Front-Left (AF7)<\/strong> and <strong>Front-Right (AF8)<\/strong> quadrants. However, when my favourite music started playing, I stopped the intellectual approach and entered in some sort of flow state as a listener. That&#8217;s why the energy levels in <strong>Left-Front (AF7)<\/strong>  dropped and the energy levels in <strong>Right-Front (AF8)<\/strong> increased even further.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Right-Back Sensor (TP10)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at TP10, non-smootthed out, as a side note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In some of my sessions, I analyze my EEG data generated when I was listening to some advanced brainwave entrainment tracks, and there I found unusual brainwave activity in TP10. You can read about that in any of these sessions: <a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/brain-waves-while-listening-to-theta-isochronic-tones-nex19\/\">Session 19<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/brain-waves-while-listening-to-theta-isochronic-tones-nex21\/\">Session 21<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/brain-waves-while-listening-to-theta-audiovisual-entrainment-nex24\/\">Session 24<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/brain-waves-while-listening-to-theta-audiovisual-entrainment-nex25\/\">Session 25<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/brain-waves-while-listening-to-beta-gamma-isochronic-tones-nex27\/\">Session 27<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/brain-waves-while-listening-to-beta-audiovisual-entrainment-nex30\/\">Session 30<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The big takeaway is this: on those sessions, it was found that listening to brainwave entrainment tracks resulted in a stable, coherent, sinusoidal-like activity between<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Beta<\/mark>and<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Gamma<\/mark>waves, in the TP10 sensor (this is a big deal, by the way, you should definitely go read more about those sessions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But a question remained \u2014 was that activity exclusive to brainwave entrainment tracks? Or was that phenomenon observed in other instances that involved listening to audio that&#8217;s rhythmical and structured (i.e. music in general)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the graph below, there is no evidence for such type of activity, so we can conclude that there is indeed something special about brainwave entrainment tracks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>End of side note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Beta-Gamma.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Beta-Gamma-1024x532.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Beta-Gamma-1024x532.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Beta-Gamma-300x156.webp 300w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Beta-Gamma-768x399.webp 768w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Beta-Gamma-600x312.webp 600w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Beta-Gamma-280x145.webp 280w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Beta-Gamma-1036x538.webp 1036w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-TP10-Beta-Gamma.webp 1530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quadrant Energy Levels (Overview)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-Brainwave-Lateralization.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-Brainwave-Lateralization.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-Brainwave-Lateralization.webp 840w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-Brainwave-Lateralization-300x98.webp 300w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-Brainwave-Lateralization-768x251.webp 768w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-Brainwave-Lateralization-600x196.webp 600w, https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-Brainwave-Lateralization-280x91.webp 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Centers of Gravity (Overview)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-Centers-of-Gravity-scaled.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/sinewavelab.com\/sonofields\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brain-waves-when-listening-to-music-Centers-of-Gravity-1024x148.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4384\" 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