Binaural beats calm my anxious ADHD brain, but is there any science to it?

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Scroll through TikTok and you’ll see binaural beats recommended for everything from stress, to sleep, to super-focus time.

I get it. Every time I put this kind of audio on through my cans, I feel myself soften. One particular track helps me out of a mid-afternoon slump; another seems to calm me down when I’m spiralling. And sometimes I just pick one at random and let it lull me into a state of binaural bliss.