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  • noun Plural form of brainwave.

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Examples

  • Brainwave entrainment means that a particular beat or rhythm will guide your brain's electrical pulses, which are called brainwaves, into a new rhythm.

    Clipmarks | Live Clips 2009

  • I understand mental states correlate of EEG "brainwaves".

    A Third Choice (ID Hypothesis) 2007

  • I understand mental states correlate of EEG "brainwaves".

    A Third Choice (ID Hypothesis) 2007

  • A strangely vague news story suggests that measuring 'brainwaves' EEG / MEG? explains how optical illusions trick the mind.

    Mind Hacks: 2006-05-26 Spike activity 2006

  • A strangely vague news story suggests that measuring 'brainwaves' EEG / MEG? explains how optical illusions trick the mind.

    Mind Hacks: May 2006 Archives 2006

  • Not to mention that all this biomass in the human brain is comitantly grounded by the undulations of brainwaves which is a phenonema that is also not well understood.

    Anti-Feminists Attack Pharyngula (yes, again) 2005

  • Now in my view-and I have had many years in which to think about it 'brainwaves' are mostly the result of the mind sorting out precedents, very often unwittingly.

    Canada and Britain—The Invisible Links 1953

  • LucasFilm has filed a $5m (£3. 22m) lawsuit against Jedi Mind Inc, which is selling a wireless headset that purportedly detects brainwaves, meaning that buyers can play games or run software using only their thoughts.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2010

  • For those without knowledge of what this means, there are various frequencies when it comes to your "brainwaves", ranging from delta associated with sleep, to beta and high beta associated with normal every day concentration and anxious concentration respectively.

    SlipperyBrick.com 2009

  • The effect is to "entrain" your brainwaves, meaning they begin to follow the beats.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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