The Genius Song Review: What It Is, What It Costs and Where to Buy It

The Genius Song and The Genius Wave: one product

The Genius Song is not a separate download. It is the name the seller uses for this product on ClickBank’s marketplace and on its page for affiliates. When we followed a ClickBank link for The Genius Song, it led to a page selling The Genius Wave for $39, with the same seller’s contact address, the same checkout and the same 90-day guarantee.

What differs is the story told about it:

So if an ad for The Genius Song brought you here, the product you would buy is The Genius Wave. Our Genius Wave review scores it 3.4 out of 5.

Illustrations by Health and Wellness Studies. The phone in our cover image is a drawing, not the real product.

The Genius Song claims, at a glance

These are the main claims made for The Genius Song, and what the sales page buyers actually reach says:

Neither page names the frequencies in the track or explains how it was made, and neither links to a study of it.

The NASA “98% genius” story

The Genius Song pitch says NASA discovered that 98% of people are born with genius potential, powered by a Gamma brainwave. The figure appears to come from George Land, a consultant who said he designed a creativity test for NASA in the 1960s to help pick innovative engineers and scientists.

• What he reported: Land said he later gave the test to 1,600 children aged three to five, and that 98% scored at a “genius” level for imagination. The share fell to 30% when the same children were retested at 10, 12% at 15, and 2% in adults.
• What it measured: creative, divergent thinking, such as finding new uses for everyday objects. It did not measure brainwaves, Gamma or otherwise.
• Where it was published: in a business book in the early 1990s, not in a scientific journal, and the test itself has not been made public.

It is an interesting finding about how schooling may narrow creative thinking, but it says nothing about a brainwave that sound can restore.

What Gamma-wave research has actually found

Gamma rhythms are fast brain rhythms, roughly 30 to 100 Hz, linked with attention and with holding and combining information. The research the Genius Song story borrows from is real, but it is about something different:

• 2016, in mice: researchers at MIT found that a light flickering 40 times a second drove 40 Hz activity in the brain and reduced amyloid, a protein that builds up in Alzheimer’s disease (published in Nature).
• 2019, in mice: 40 Hz sound, alone or with light, reduced Alzheimer’s-like changes and improved memory tests in mice (published in Cell).
• 2022, in people: a pilot study gave 15 patients with mild Alzheimer’s dementia daily 40 Hz light and sound from a device for three months. The active group did better on some measures, including less brain shrinkage and one memory test, but the study was very small, and larger trials are still running.

None of this tested a short song, none of it was in healthy people trying to become smarter, and the page that sells the track does not even claim Gamma: it says Theta.

What the research shows, at a glance

What brainwave audio can realistically do

Treat The Genius Song as a short relaxation track. Some people find a few quiet minutes with headphones calming, and that is a fair reason to try it. It is unlikely to change how clever you are.

If focus and memory are what you want, the habits with the strongest evidence cost nothing: enough sleep, regular exercise and treating hearing loss. Meditation has far more research behind it than any audio track. Memory problems that are new or getting worse deserve a doctor’s visit, because many causes, such as thyroid problems, low vitamin B12 and depression, are treatable.

Who is behind it

• The seller: the sales page and refund page give an email address at Binaural Technologies, the company that runs the ClickBank listing.
• The scientist: the affiliate page says the name used for its neuroscientist is a pen name, with real credentials kept private. Without a real name, those credentials cannot be checked. Earlier promotions for this product credited a “Dr. James Rivers”; the current sales page names no one.
• Customer stories: the seller’s own disclaimer says user experiences may be “dramatized via digital avatars”, so the people in its videos may not be real customers.
• After checkout: the seller tells affiliates the offer has an upsell funnel, so expect further offers after you pay. You can decline them.

Who should be careful

• Epilepsy or seizures: ask a doctor before using any brainwave entrainment audio.
• Driving or machinery: do not listen while doing anything that needs your full attention.
• Hearing: keep the volume moderate, especially with headphones.
• Memory or attention problems: see a doctor rather than relying on audio, especially if the problems are new.

Is it worth $39?

There is only one option: the digital download for a one-time $39, with no subscription and nothing shipped. It is one of the cheapest products we review, and the 90-day refund lowers the risk further. Just be clear about what you are buying: a relaxation track with an untested sound design, sold under two names with two different explanations.

How the 90-day refund works

1. Ask ClickBank for the refund through its order support at clkbank.com, with your order number, within 90 days of purchase.
2. Nothing needs to be posted back: it is a download, so the guarantee is your only protection.
3. Ignore the “Returns” page linked from the sales site: it describes a 60-day policy for a different, bottled product.