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Notes from the FlowState team on EEG, signal processing, and closed-loop neurofeedback.
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What Beta Waves Are Actually Doing
Beta is real, but the version of it floating around consumer wellness conflates focus with anxious arousal. Here's what motor neuroscience, working memory, and a sham-controlled audio study actually show.
Apr 28, 20268 min read
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What Theta Brainwaves Actually Do
Theta is a real lever for memory and working memory, but the gap between the published neuroscience and consumer focus products is wider than either side wants to admit.
Apr 21, 20267 min read
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What Flow State Actually Is
Most of what you read about flow is half-true. Here is what the science can and can't say about it — and why we still named the company after it.
Apr 16, 20267 min read