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Earworm

An earworm or brainworm, also described as sticky music or stuck song syndrome, is a catchy or memorable piece of music or saying that continuously occupies a person's mind even after it is no longer being played or spoken about. Involuntary Musical Imagery (INMI) is most common after earworms, but INMI as a label is not solely restricted to earworms…

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Earworm

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related to Further reading · 16
Earworm → Can't, December, Divya Singhal, Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis, How Music Plays, ISBN, June, Kolaveri Di, Maddening Phenomenon, Mind, On Repeat, Oxford University Press, SSRN, The Guardian, Vadim Prokhorov, Why
related to Tools used in data gathering · 12
Earworm → Danial Müllensiefen, George Floridou, Help, INMI, Involuntary Musical Imagery Scale, It, Movement, Negative Valence, One, Personal Reflections, Those, Victoria Williamson
related to Antidotes · 10
Earworm → Another, Clinical Language Sciences, It, Psychology, Reading, Research, School, Scientists, University, Western Washington University
has cause · 9
Earworm → According, Goldsmiths, James Kellaris, Kellaris, London, Researcher Vicky Williamson, The, University, Women
related to Susceptible traits · 8
Earworm → Big Five, In, Kazumasa Negishi, Musical, Negishi, Sekiguchi, Takahiro Sekiguchi, The
related to Key characteristics · 6
Earworm → According, American Psychological Association, Earworms, However, Kelly Jakubowski, The
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Earworm → calque from the German Ohrwurm

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Earwormis acalque from the German Ohrwurm0.90text
anagramsinstance ofAntidotesScientists at Western Washington University found that engaging working memory in moderately difficult tasks0.80text
puzzles or reading was an effective way of stopping earwormsinstance ofAntidotesScientists at Western Washington University found that engaging working memory in moderately difficult tasks0.80text
of reducing their recurrenceinstance ofAntidotesScientists at Western Washington University found that engaging working memory in moderately difficult tasks0.80text
singinginstance ofrefers to accompanying embodied responses0.80text
humminginstance ofrefers to accompanying embodied responses0.80text
and dancinginstance ofrefers to accompanying embodied responses0.80text
Earwormhas causeResearcher Vicky Williamson0.60section
Earwormhas causeGoldsmiths0.60section
Earwormhas causeUniversity0.60section
Earwormhas causeLondon0.60section
Earwormhas causeThe0.60section

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