Binaural auditory beats affect vigilance performance and mood

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 249-252

  Lane, James D ^a   Kasian, Stefan J ^a   Owens, Justine E ^b   Marsh, Gail R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaural auditory beats; Frequency following response; Mood; Vigilance performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0031983493     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00436-8     Document Type: Article

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