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Scientists find how to get rid of earworms
« on: March 24, 2013, 02:56:06 PM »
Actually, the full title is below.  The link from Drudge said "MY-MY-MY-MY SHARONA."  So, naturally, guess which song jumped into my head?

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Get that tune out of your head - scientists find how to get rid of earworms

Scientists claim to have found a way to help anyone plagued by earworms – those annoying tunes that lodge themselves inside our heads and repeat on an endless loop.

By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent 7:40AM GMT 24 Mar 2013

They are the songs you cannot get out of your head. Now scientists may have found a way to help anyone plagued by those annoying tunes that lodge themselves inside our heads and repeat on an endless loop
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Researchers claim the best way to stopping the phenomenon, sometimes known as earworms – where snippets of a catchy song inexplicably play like a broken record in your brain – is to solve some tricky anagrams.

This can force the intrusive music out of your working memory, they say, allowing it to be replaced with other more amenable thoughts.

But they also warn not to try anything too difficult as those irritating melodies may wiggle their way back into your consciousness.

For those unwilling to carry around a book of anagrams, a good novel may also do the trick.

The rest?  Here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9950143/Get-that-tune-out-of-your-head-scientists-find-how-to-get-rid-of-earworms.html

It would have been nice if they had the right title of that annoying song by Carly Rae Jepsen (sic). ::)
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Re: Scientists find how to get rid of earworms
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2013, 10:53:19 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on March 24, 2013, 02:56:06 PM
Actually, the full title is below.  The link from Drudge said "MY-MY-MY-MY SHARONA."  So, naturally, guess which song jumped into my head?

The rest?  Here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9950143/Get-that-tune-out-of-your-head-scientists-find-how-to-get-rid-of-earworms.html

It would have been nice if they had the right title of that annoying song by Carly Rae Jepsen (sic). ::)
Every time I hear that song the KOA parody of it pops into my head.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTthJI0rDnk[/youtube]
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Re: Scientists find how to get rid of earworms
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2013, 12:48:38 PM »
Thanks to our Jukebox from Hell thread, and Iassaftot's suggestion in particular, I once spent an entire weekend with "Come on Eileen" playing in my head.    :banghead:
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Re: Scientists find how to get rid of earworms
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2013, 01:05:37 PM »
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Re: Scientists find how to get rid of earworms
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2013, 01:12:33 PM »
Quote from: Rebel on March 25, 2013, 01:05:37 PM
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Aaaaahhh . . . the very first song played on AFN Saudi Arabia. :cheersmate:
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Re: Scientists find how to get rid of earworms
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2013, 06:09:41 AM »
When I was pregnant with my daughter I had a months long case of the earworm.  That Tubthumper song.    http://m.youtube.com/results?q=tubthumper%20chumbawamba#/watch?v=2H5uWRjFsGc.   It wouldn't go away.  All day every day.  I thought I was going crazy!

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