Types of Listening & Brain Waves

Discover 4 modes / types of listening and their corresponding brain waves

Listening Types & Brain Waves

Selective Listening

As it suggests, this type focuses on partials and breaks down sonic phenomena to dissect analyze or its qualities by means of content segregation. Here, attention is consciously directed to a particular aspect or part of the sound or music, a distinction is made, and selectiveness occurs. Selective listening is associated with beta brain waves.

Associative listening

brings attention to qualitative aspect of sound or music and makes connections with other matters aka associates with immediate or distant phenomena. This type is experiential and visionary. It is guided by imagination and associated with gammas brain waves. It’s a post thought phenomenon, one that skips the conscious and moves directly to the extra sensory. Meaning is given to the sound at the level of Gamma brain wave

Meditative Listening

Unanalytic noncritical alpha brain wave type of listening comes in conjunction with being relaxed and being at ease. This type is usually associated with meditation, surrender, and timelessness experience. It is non logistic and physiological, sensuous.

Unconscious Listening / Hearing

This is passive background type of sonic reception which suggestes withdrawn attention or simply unconsciousness such as in theta or delta brain activity.