What triggers an Earworm - the song that’s stuck in your head?
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This article over on BPS discusses ’earworm’ inducing exposure, with a survey showing the different ways that we come into contact with music in modern life, including: music in public places, in gyms, restaurants and shops; radio music; live music; ring tones; another person’s humming or singing; and music played in visual media on TV and on the Internet. Ear worms are considered as ‘involuntary musical imagery’ or cognitive intrusions which are hard to control! Had any ‘ear worms’ recently?
