Earworms, also known as involuntary musical imagery, are brief snippets of music that repetitively play in our minds. They can be as short as 15 to 30 seconds and often feel like they loop without end ...

Like a good cup of espresso, music is a sensory experience that can stick with you long after it’s gone. Music doesn’t even need to be played out loud. Perhaps even reading the word “espresso” put ...

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Ever had a song get stuck in your head for a long period of time? An ‘earworm’ wiggles its way into your consciousness as a song—or more likely, a verse or two of one—with no plan of exit, leaving you ...

DJ Earworm has released his annual mash-up of the year's top songs. As expected, big names like Justin Bieber, Adele, and Taylor Swift populate the five-minute clip along with their chart-topping ...

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Earworm is a name given to music fragments that play repeatedly and involuntarily in one’s brain. As a neurologist explained, the tunes “can become quite unpleasant and intrusive.” “Musical imagery ...

Researched and drafted by Faith Hochgesang, under the guidance of Dr. Elizabeth Kensinger, with additional editing by Drs. Daley and Ford When was the last time you went a whole day without hearing ...

Think about a song that’s gotten stuck in your head. Maybe it’s Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby,” the State Farm theme song, or, if you’ve already listened to Taylor Swift’s new album “The Life of a ...