Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Sci Rep. 2024 Oct 26;14(1):25553. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-75943-8.
In this randomized, controlled, and double-blind experiment with a relatively large sample (n = 262), a novel technique of audiovisual stimulation (AVS) was demonstrated to substantially improve self-reported mood states by reducing several negative affects, including anxiety and depression, and enhancing performance on mood-sensitive cognitive tasks. Most of the AVS effects were highly similar whether binaural beats were present or not and regardless of the duration of experience. Remarkably, the mood benefits from AVS closely aligned with those achieved through breath-focused meditation with additional evidence that a brief AVS exposure of approximately five minutes may be sufficient or even optimal for improving mood to a comparable or greater degree than meditation sessions of equal or longer durations (11-22 min). These exciting findings position AVS as a promising avenue for mood and cognition enhancement and a potentially more accessible "plug-and-play" alternative to meditation, which is especially relevant considering the high attrition rates commonly observed in meditation practices.
在这项具有较大样本量（n=262）的随机、对照、双盲实验中，一种新的视听刺激（AVS）技术被证明可以通过减少焦虑和抑郁等几种负面情绪，显著改善自我报告的情绪状态，并提高情绪敏感认知任务的表现。大多数 AVS 效应无论是否存在双耳节拍以及体验持续时间如何都非常相似。值得注意的是，AVS 带来的情绪益处与专注于呼吸的冥想所带来的益处非常吻合，并且有额外的证据表明，大约五分钟的简短 AVS 暴露可能足以甚至优于同等或更长时间（11-22 分钟）的冥想课程，从而改善情绪。这些令人兴奋的发现将 AVS 定位为一种有前途的情绪和认知增强途径，也是一种潜在的更容易获得的“即插即用”替代冥想的方法，考虑到冥想实践中通常观察到的高退出率，这一点尤其相关。
