Lab
Science we build on
Selected papers and reviews that inform how sessions are designed.
- Self-affirmation activates brain systems associated with self-related processing and reward
Own-voice and self-referential lines after regulation — identity and values processing.
- Auditory driving of the autonomic nervous system: Listening to theta-frequency binaural beats post-exercise increases parasympathetic activation and sympathetic withdrawal
Supports the entrain-first arc: rhythmic audio can support autonomic ease with headphones.
- Amplitude-modulated music and neural phase locking
Roadmap for focus beds with deliberate amplitude modulation — a different mechanism from binaural beats.
- Mind-wandering and alterations to default mode network connectivity when listening to naturalistic versus artificial sounds
Natural textures in the mix — calmer, more restorative listening.
- Effects of music interventions on stress-related outcomes: a systematic review and two meta-analyses
Music-based practice and stress reduction — foundational for the sound-ritual frame.
- Positive self-statements: Power for some, peril for others
Why we favor process- and values-based lines over brittle present-tense claims.