Binaural vs LoFi Beats
Greetings, welcome to my blog where I document my practice pertaining to being in the Tech Industry as well as indulgence of self-help and productivity for an optimal lifestyle. This entry in particular is regarding the use of Binaural and Lo-Fi beats for productivity while working. The purpose of this entry is to compare and contrast the use via pros and cons as well as which I deem as better than the other.
What are Lo-Fi Beats?
Lo-Fi beats is short for Low Fidelity, which is attributed to the sound quality - a quality that is riddled with flaws and low quality use of instruments. Lo-Fi was introduced as early as the 1950s by the Rock and Roll community/genre. The Lo-Fi use and craze emerged as a means to enable students to focus via activation of the frontal lobe as well as the parietal cortex. Furthermore, enabling users to improve memory skills and mental dexterity. In a study conducted it was concluded that a mass amount of listeners claim that Lo-Fi contributed to an increase of productivity and study habits. By using Lo-Fi beats, participants are drown out and liberate themselves from any form of distractions especially when WFH - Working From Home.
Benefits of Lo-Fi Beats?
As briefly stated above, Lo-Fi beats contribute to users by providing an increase in Brain, Cognition, Mood, and Emotions.
The increase in Brain activity is attributed to the use of drum loops producing comfort and form of nostalgic effects therefore improving focus and concentration on tasks. The Cognition is in regards to memory retention, in a study conducted at Manila University researchers discovered that users of Lo-Fi beats had greater recall and memorization skills. The Mood and emotions, has to do with the transmission of Serotonin, Dopamine and reduction of Cortisol.
What are Binaural Beats?
The word Binaural derives from bi meaning two and aural meaning ear. Binaural beats produce a variation of frequency via metrics of HZ or Hertz. Each ear obtains a mild difference in frequency to enable to the activation of brain waves. The objective of the transmission is to arrived to a state such as Gamma which is a suggested as the best way to obtain great levels of attentiveness, focus, and spark creativity. Binaural Beats have 6 different types of Brain Waves for specific uses. The other brain waves are: Delta - responsible for sleeping, healing, meditation and ant-aging. Theta - also responsible for meditation as well as creativity. Alpha - responsible for relaxation, focus, stress reduction, learning capabilities and creation of a state of flow. Beta - responsible for keeping users attentive, invokes analytical thinking for problem solving, and energy stimulant. Gamma - responsible for increase in memory retention and cognition.
Benefits of Binaural Beats?
Like Lo-Fi beats, Binaural Beats contribute to increase in Brain, Cognition, and Mood as well as Emotions also the different variations for any particular use.
Which do I prefer?
I prefer Binaural due to the various ways I can utilize them as I am an advocate for meditation, quality rest/sleep as well as being focused/productive and memory optimization. Lo-Fi on the other hand focuses more so on Mood, and Rhythm where as Binaural is exclusively for Cognition as well as my other preferences.