Maybe you have heard about binaural beats, but you’re not sure what they are, how they might help, and if there is really evidence that they do help. What is it about music, then, that makes it an effective psychological intervention? What about listening to music promotes wellness? One form of exposure to sound for which there is clearly evidence of effects is the phenomenon called binaural beats. In a large review of all the research that followed this initial finding – because plenty of scientists were skeptical that the effect was real – Pietschnig and colleagues (2010) found that there might be a positive effect of listening to music on our overall functioning, but that Mozart himself probably wasn’t the secret ingredient.
