Why do songs get stuck in our heads? And what can we do to get rid of them!? Michael Aranda explains current scientific thought on the subject (and also does a pretty good Shia LaBeouf impression).
Hosted by: Michael Aranda
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Sources:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9950143/Get-that-tune-out-of-your-head-scientists-find-how-to-get-rid-of-earworms.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17105759
http://blog.sandglaz.com/zeigarnik-effect-scientific-key-to-better-work/
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/anatomy-of-an-earworm
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0086170
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acp.2897/full
http://pom.sagepub.com/content/40/3/259
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/235417649_Earworms_from_Three_Angles_Situational_Antecedents_Personality_Predisposition_and_the_Quest_for_a_Musical_Formula
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/275279254_Want_to_block_earworms_from_conscious_awareness_B%28u%29y_gum%21
http://pom.sagepub.com/content/40/2/236
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc5my6Lfipo
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