Why You Get Songs Stuck In Your Head
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In a new book, a prominent neurologist tackles a key issue: why we get songs stuck in our heads. Earworms, as the expression goes.
The reasons aren’t complicated: humans are unusually sensitive to music, music is rhythmic, and a song is basically the same each time we hear it.
All of that is fine. But the most important part of this article comes at the end: a possible method to shake free of the annoying tune.
Like that Meow Mix song. Know that one?
Read more at the BBC.
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