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Listen to this music for X minutes to observe Y result. Is there something like that that has been demonstrated to work for general public?

The only example of an experiment that is similar that attempted to find out that I could find is: http://www.zlab.mcgill.ca/home.html

Music, an abstract stimulus, can arouse feelings of euphoria and craving, similar to tangible rewards that involve the striatal dopaminergic system. Using the neurochemical specificity of [11C]raclopride positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, combined with psychophysiological measures of autonomic nervous system activity, we provide direct evidence for endogenous dopamine release in the striatum at peak emotional arousal during music listening.

(Anatomically distinct dopamine release during anticipation and experience of peak emotion to music)

I know that there's a field of psychology called music therapy that attempts to help people with music. But from what I hear, people's responses to music are hard to quantify and are very subjective. I'm interested if there's a music track out there that has been demonstrated to "entrain" brain activity and shift it from one state to another. That is psychoactive music that has been developed not to express an emotion of the artist, but for the sole purpose of changing cognition and consciousness.

Thank you for your input!

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I don't know much about the topic, but binaural beats---although not exactly music---may be worth looking at. – crash Nov 15 '12 at 13:13
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If you're interested in binaural beats, try isochronic beats instead. They're more effective than binaural. – Tyler Langan Nov 17 '12 at 4:34
This question can't be answered without a definition of what constitutes a brain state. It is trivial to demonstrate different neural activity in participants listening to music and controls, so the only question is what kind of activity you're looking for. – Christian Hummeluhr Mar 31 at 10:37

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