When you listen to music, many brain regions fire up to help you analyze the sound and make sense of the emotions you feel in response to it. But there is one part of the brain — the auditory cortex — ...

Why do songs replay in your mind with no off switch? A music psychologist explains earworm triggers, repetition, and ...

Why is this song stuck in my head and how can I get rid of it? Psychology expert Dr Clare Jonas explains the reason you can't stop humming that one annoying song. For about a month after I moved into ...

Unlocking the secrets of earworms: Explore the science behind these catchy melodies that burrow into your mind and learn tips for managing them. Earworms are catchy tunes that get stuck in our heads ...

Even if you've never heard the term "earworm," you've had one. You know -- one of those songs or tunes or fragments of melody that gets stuck in your head for days on end, so that you find yourself ...

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First research linking the phenomena of ‘earworms’ and music-evoked memory Authors hope research could eventually aid in treatment of people with memory loss So, no one told you life was going to be ...

In the dark corners of the internet hides a playlist of some of the most torturous, addictive music known to man. That’s right, Spotify, SoundCloud and Apple Music all have playlists of “Baby Shark” ...

“Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga headed the list of the 100 earworms most commonly cited by the study’s respondents. Paywall-free, every day. MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to ...

There's nothing nicer than a tune playing in your head -- until you can't turn it off. The phenomenon has spanned the ages. In 1882, Mark Twain wrote in a short story of an annoying "jingling rhyme" ...

For the last half century, pop music has evolved from blues to disco to hip-hop. By digitally analyzing more than 17,000 songs, a team at Queen Mary University of London has released a study showing ...