What Do Different Brainwaves Mean? 

Your hearing goes right near the center of the brain. If you listen to gamma waves, there's a good chance that vibration hits your brain and your brain starts mimicking it. When you hear an alarm, you become alert, when you hear a flowing stream of water, you become relaxed. The brain responds to sounds very well.

All this talk about brain waves is making my mind swim in an *ocean* of thoughts.

There's this device called Muse, it reads your brain waves while you meditate and adjusts the sounds you hear to give you an indication of how active your brain is. It also shows you the brain waves of your session afterwards. This episode helped explain what I'm looking at after these sessions. Keep up the great work everyone that's working on sci show, you rock!

This is like trying to understand what your computer does from the cpu activity graph.

1:16 types of waves

Who the hell put these in order... G, B, A, H, D? Damn

I've done some experimenting and research with theories about the brainwaves being associate with how our brains work and what we believe to be real about our world. Delta being the slowest - it's also the brainwave that develop first (from age 0-4 years) - this seems to be associated with belief in real - or what we believe to be real - and this brainwave seems to be the foundation of every other behavior as we grow up. Next up is theta - which controls emotions, Alpha which control feelings and beta which control logic (or that voice in your head you use to talk to yourself) - which also seems to be where conciseness resides. It's really fascinating and I haven't seen a better explanation and the experiences I have with utilizing these theories seem to be accurate. Most of this work has been explored by John C. Lilly and John Worthington. It's truly awesome that all this research and science is around to better understand the human brain and even our own purpose on this earth.

If you don't produce delta brainwaves, you'll be immune to the mind control of giant flying brains.

here is how I see it: Delta: deep sleep Theta: meditative, very relaxed Alfa: for observing one thing with very high concentration beta: alert, for connecting with people and stepping out of your comfort zone gamma: most active nerves, for sensing the environment

So, who else watched this to get an idea of what type of waves they should play; on RU-vid while they sleep?! Hmmm?

I was taking an ambulatory EEG once and had to go in every day to make sure all the electrodes were still connected and to have the data downloaded. Whenever the technician would hook the device up to the computer, I could see the waves on the screen. I noticed if I tapped my finger or blinked my eyes I could see changes in the waves on different lines.

I am literally having my brain monitored while watching this

Such a cool video!! I'd love to see more epilesy and seizure-related videos

Great video, exactly what I was looking for

A perfect delivery of information. Big Thank you to the speaker!

one important point that I think many are not aware of - consciousness comes into the brain from outside, it is not produced by the brain. We use seven completely different physical bodies at the same time. Each body exists in a different frequency range of matter, or as is normally said "It is on a different plane". Each body is using certain levels of consciousness. The more basic 'waves' are picked up by the brain and we feel as though it is in there, but no more than a radio station is in the radio receiver. Depending on how we 'tune' the brain receiver we pick up different levels of thought. By mental exercises we can get the brain to pick up higher vibrational 'thoughts' and we call that intuition. Focus more on basic materialism and the brain picks up lower frequency / basic 'thoughts.

Thank you for this overview of brainwaves. These are linked to the various Aristotle rhetorical “chakras”: ethos, telos, logos, pathos and kairos, in order from slowest to fastest wavelengths. Aristotle understood brain waves intuitively.

Thank you! Very informative!

a nice update to this with information that we now have that shows we can stimulate different brain waves within the brain (like gamma as mentioned in this video that we cannot yet stimulate these waves)

The part about gamma waves and Alzheimer's makes sense in the context of having endured chronic stress for a long time and not being in gamma as often as result, and then as I've recovered being in gamma mode more often

Thank you this really helped me understand and memorize 🙏🏽🤗

Your video is so informative and interesting :D

Back in the mid 70's I was a biofeedback training subject at Menninger Clinic in Topeka. They hooked us up to an instrument that beeped a low tone for theta and a higher tone for alpha. We would train on our own daily, and once a week in their lab, where they would monitor us with fancier equipment and ask about perceived visual phenomena. Some of the subjects were eventually able to go into theta at will, but I hardly ever even got to the alpha state (got too excited when the instrument gave any kind of beep). Not sure if they ever published their findings.

Perfect video! Thank you!

What about binaural beats? Would you guys like to do an episode about it?

Thankyou for sharing us this knowledge

I use theta waves so often. Just suppressing all my bad memories deep into my brain.

so amazing how complex the brain is

Thank you, very clear video !

Wonderful work Thanks

Excellent video!!

Will you go more in depth about types of chemical and epileptic (electrical) seizures? I have had both and I would love to see a good explanation! Or at least a little more into epilepsy. Thank you 😊

Very good information. 👍🏻

Could Gamma Waves "somehow" also be related to endorphine levels? I have no idea *how* this could be the case, but considering their mysterious influence on immune cells... who knows.

What about isochronic tones? There's limited research that listening to them can change brain waves (though only for as long as the tone goes on) and there are claims that it can help with all sorts of mood disorders, sleep, and concentration.

There's a lot of bad jokes in the comments of SciShow videos.

We constantly challenge our PD/ALZ clients with new skills, patterns and coordination drills, I should think that would keep us all in that learning, memorizing, processing 'gamma state' during our sessions and classes.

This channel was a good idea. Also, Brit Garner

So is my brain a processor that runs at a max speed of 100hz?

Her gesticulations are so... definite? Idk what to call it really. It almost looks like she's using a sign language (coming from someone who doesn't know any sign languages).

My mind is wracked from cPTSD that has become more debilitating in recent years. It would be interesting, if not solely academic, to see how these patterns change through time and see of they can be correlated with evolving symptomology.

Speaking of you occipital lobe, could you guys do a video on how blind this contains the brain? Also, deafness as well? I know that deaf people, or at least those who sign, Pay more attention to the vision then hearing people do. Learning about either of those things would be really interesting.

Cool video, well done :)

C. Thomas Wild - About Inattentive ADHD - Reading - Math - Mental Images - ADHD Bulletin Board - Yahoo Group - Caffeine works for some with ADHD; food additives in FDA approved medicines and foods need better ingredient labels. (1981, 2019) Brainwaves - Beta, Alpha, Theta, Delta, etc.

Thank you for the video 😊😊

Love you you have given us what we need

great video!

We have no idea how to trigger gamma wave activity in humans? Yes we do. It's called mindfulness meditation!!

Thank you for this and thank you for talking fast, you know your audience. lol

I could do with a nice dose of gamma brainwaves when I wake up in the morning.

Very charismatic :)!

Any info on wifi waves affecting brain waves? Lots of fear about 5g going around. I'm trying to learn about the nitty grity. Do you think it's possible the frequency, amplitude and length from what ever EM is used in wifi could modify gamma waves? I know there is LRAD used for crowd control and other devices that can make you feel physically ill using (acoustic?) waves too. Just curious.

Wow great subject given by you sister... all the blessings

Thanks! This was really interesting and helpful! Really well-presented!

Thank you very much for this information thank you

locking for a video discussing functional MRI

It's been a long time, since humans know how to change the gamma waves.

Very interesting video!

The one time i was thinking in feelings and pictures as i was drawing and mourning at the same time. And i'm sure that was a gamma wave thingy. Anyhow i guess intense creative flows are usually theta waves. And gamma is more like an epiphania or something that's so unreal and personality shifting yet creative and full of emotions that it's beyond any normal creative flow whatsoever. It's the feeling of connectivity and meaning and beauty across everything in that moment and not because of some substances or traumata.

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🎵 Brain waves! Brain waves! 🎤🎸Do I end this is all for the world to see? Brain waves, brain waves!🎶

Gamma wave meditation can be done with recordings. Binaural beats, sound recordings used by people doing Tibetan type meditation.

GOOD GOOD WELL DONE VERY HELPFUL FOR MY DEEP RESEARCH....IVE GOT LOTS OF GAMMAS GOIN ON SURELY!!! NOW I WILL EVEN MORE.

I wonder if the frequencies of these waves are somehow altered, they would have any effect on our thought processes, our overall cognitive capabilities and personalities.

Thanks very much 🙏

Hey, could you guys do a video on tulpas? Most coverage of them has been from the community aspect and not a scientific aspect, so I'd be curious to see what you guys have to say

Wow, I’d never think I’d see a relative of Captain Marvel talk about brain waves, it makes the information more reliable!

Slowly but surely..we're approaching the secrets of consciousness, not just in humans but in all sentient animals.

When the monkeys got the answer wrong, theta waves dominated yet those are the waves associated with the most relaxation, one would assume monkeys would emit stress responses not receivingthe reward-Perhaps its more relevant to test what brainwaves dominated monkeys brains’ when their answer was wrong and they received punishment. Otherwise as you stated, theta waves are a way of saying to the brain “Hey Opps *Forget* that” Therefore their brains would likely again emit betawaves which as you say may be a way to reinforce neural connections to improve memory. Also when you either get rewarded or don’t get rewarded(No punishment, but no reward) at what point does monkey realize he is not getting reward.. In my opinion as an armchair neurologist with very little insight except for subjective experience-My take is that tnot receiving a reward (but not being punished) Causes theta waves-> state of depression knowing monkey is not getting reward -> Therefore he feels more sleepy lazy finds that hed rather sleep than to proceed without a reward Similar to humans. I realize if I dont have an objective for the day or unable to do anything constructive towards my objective lets say its out of my hands and I lack the financial means for my objective-> Im generally sleepier lazier uninterested in that day.. Brutal honesty. I’m not as excited or looking forward to the day and not as enthused and am lazy when it comes to completing day to day subsystemic tasks that have no relevance to my objective. I always considered theta as being the state of meditative mind or the state of the mind where what you imagine vividly manifesting itself, as most do. So perhaps there is a deeper dimension for that monkey to go into theta state for him to visualize and feel the objective he wishes to manifest what he desires, your brain telling you since you didn’t receive a reward that its time to visualize your desir in order for you the hologram of your reality to align with what you seek. (This goes into Project Gateway the program that studied Consciousness and was classified for some time and documents being released by the CIA in 2003, and the study/ the purpose was to expand your consciousness to be able to indeed externalize your consciousness, Remote Viewing, OBE to affect technological devices among law of affirmation being able to connect to different realities it was sort of a souped up program by Robert Monroe at the Monroe Institute where by listening to these specifically designed hemi-sync waves (binaural frequencies) one could harmonize both sides of their brains to acheive these levels that take monks and yogis lifetimes to attain.

You should do an episode on your instincts.

I had two EEG's done after my first seizure, what an annoyingly boring procedure.

isn't meditation a gamma wave according to some studies on buddhist monks etc? daydreaming and meditation aren't one and the same thing?

Thank you :)

I am positive I saw brain waves at 0:07

I literally saw Hank in the PBS Eons ad before this vid.

Amazing

Ask doctor Banner about gamma waves.

temporal lobe epilepsy causes mystical and even sexual experiences that could be interpreted as an alien presence actually communicating with them through what we might call telepathy

Please do more epilesy/seizure/episodes related videos

mind control weaponry for the government xD

About the part at 4:23 where she says that we have no idea how we can increase the amount of gamma waves, I disagree. According to Daniel Goleman's talk on youtube about long term meditators, a study strongly implies that we can increase our gamma waves by certain types of meditation!

Fascinating! Gamma Waves might be a potential treatment for Alzheimer's! But then why isn't the Hulk smart, he was created using Gamma Waves?

Everything perfect, except the part that we don't know change our brain dominant frequencies. For example, TMS and DBS are doing it effectively for a long time now!

The greatest product will be the virtual reality set that tunes into brainwave frequency and into the game by creating the world in brain waves

Good video :D

Amazing information. Thank you. May i suggest doctors conducting this study look into speaking with strong mediators? Meditation can alter the brain in ways modern sciences have yet to uncover. 💜💜 thank you

Can you do a video of a subject in a gamma wave “trance” meditative state? Thanks

Would love to know which 🧠 frequencys I'm hearing as I tense my brains in any way I hearing kind of loud frequency and after such an exercises it's leaves brain in completely different frequencie and it's not as loud. Unfortunately can't afford electroencephalography or RMI. I think it's gamma waves as I get into meditation it's easy get into feeling out of body experience/becoming apart of everything. And it's takes lots of years to develop this but I don't think that's the case as I started meditation not long ago.

Thank you

During meditating experienced meditators can have a absurd amount of gamma waves. It wont put your bain into a state of daydreaming

If they could induce gamma waves in mice using light in that frequency range, could sound waves do the same thing? Humans auditory system can detect sounds at 20 Hz up to 20 kHz, so maybe there's a frequency of sound wave between 30-100 Hz that could induce gamma waves in humans.

does anyone know if the act of producing lots of gamma waves makes you tired? when I'm analysing data I get crazy exhausted in just a couple of hours..

The brain uses simple geometrical pattens to picture schemas. But each schema repeats itself in multiple times as it accommodates during the course of time. As schematic circuits interfere with each other, they produce static psychedelic patterns. But as these patterns overlap, suddenly tsunamis of waves are initiated and travel across.

infared electroencephalography by gamma and through high density lenses or crystals seprate for different ways of picking up said brain waves at lower uninvasive sensory infared electrodes

While me day dreaming that I'm thinking in a relaxed manner in my dream while sleeping.

When studying photobiomodulation therapy, i hear from medical practitioners that measuring high levels of delta waves is seen as a proxy for inflammation whereas measuring high levels of gamma waves is seen as a sign of proper brain function. Why would this be? Do these findings fit in with the lecture of this video? How so? Are they discussing different things using similar terminology? Which brainwave patterns and ratios would be ideal for to reduce distraction and anxiety while improving focus and memory retention/learning? Thanks for the video

Thank you ✨

It’d be awesome if organoids from ipsc cultures could retain epigenetic identity, so we could try in vivo testing of optophotonics to study the brainwaves as therapy. Or optogenetics.

I love this woman 🦄

Anecdotal comment, but in my experience, people with chronic pain have a lot of gamma. Maybe the constant focus/processing uses up more energy, and this reduces plaque? And maybe that's why "doing/ learning hard things" keeps our brains young?