


They are designed to work together, but we often stop this natural connection in our brains when we overfocus. #4 The focus and unfocus circuits are like a flashlight that can light up the path just ahead. Beta waves are the focus waves, and they would appear on your EEG when your eyes were glued to whatever task you were doing.

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