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Beta Band Activity Increases When Music Is Playing
Delta and theta are those slow brain waves where our nervous system is oscillating while we're sleep or while we're unconscious. The beta band of activity is when we're awake, what you and I are probably in right now, although I'm drifting toward alpha. Beyond that, over 30 hertz is the gamma band activity and that's high level thinking and stressful situations. When music is playing, either actually playing or when you're imagining a beat, Ani Patel did this work with Paul Iverson,. they showed that beta band activity is increased, especially when you anticipate that beat.