Effect of Dynamic Binaural Beats on Concentration Enhancement

The objective of this study was to develop an auditory stimulation method that can improve concentration and to investigate its neurophysiological effects using electrocardiography (ECG). The auditory stimulus was developed by mixing the sound of white noise with dynamic binaural beats (DBB) that featured time-varying carrier frequencies. The experimental paradigm involved conducting an association memory (AM) task and a mental arithmetic (MA) task to assess cognitive performance. In the behavioral results, no significant differences were confirmed between the two experimental conditions (sound vs. no sound) for both cognitive tasks. In the AM task, no significant differences in HRV change between the baseline and task were observed between the two conditions. However, during the MA task, there was a significant decrease in HRV when participants were exposed to the auditory stimulation compared to when it was not.