Risto_Saarelma comments on In which I fantasize about drugs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gensym 13 October 2010 03:54:45AM *  3 points [-]

Seconding methylphenidate for #2, and (specifically) delta-wave-inducing binaural beats for #3.

I've heard good things about weed + Adderall for creative production, but never tried it.

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 15 October 2010 11:16:06AM 1 point [-]

delta-wave-inducing binaural beats for #3

Do you know of any way of figuring out if binaural beats actually have a stronger effect than just listening to random ambient noise? The idea's cute, but last I looked at it, there wasn't much research confirming the brainwave entrainment effect.

Comment author: gensym 08 December 2010 06:40:20AM *  2 points [-]

A binaural beat converted to mono sounds like a good control. I do plan to test this sometime soon.

Comment author: Kevin 08 December 2010 07:52:37AM 1 point [-]
Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 08 December 2010 10:54:32AM 0 points [-]

That is interesting, thanks.

So it looks like a bit inconclusive for now. One publication reported an effect, the other study didn't find anything.

Comment author: Kevin 08 December 2010 11:16:15AM 0 points [-]

The studies were of different things... sorry, I thought I was linking to a study and replication. Binaural beats don't replace propofol for the induction of anesthesia, but they can help lower the heart rate in such a way that less fentanyl is needed to maintain heard rate/blood pressure within norms of baseline.

The replication of this study found the same effect, though not quite as strongly.