Earworms! Science explains why a song gets stuck in your head

"Earworms" or to some people "Stuck Song Syndrome" is a very common phenomenon, in fact over 90% of the population are experiencing this at the moment.

Psychologists have been trying to figure out why songs get stuck in your head. Now, they may have finally understood why this happens. According to Tyler Morning Paragraph, music psychologist Kelly Jakubowski from Durham University claims that they all have commonalities. Jakubowski explains that certain futures of a song such as melody are more likely to become an earworm, her study along with her colleagues learned that this occurrence are triggered by up-tempo songs, with a familiar melody set apart by a catchy tune, songs with unique interval pattern are especially persistent.

In the study Jakubowski stated that , " Tempo is a big one: Faster paced songs are more likely to pop into your head at inconvenient time, and more difficult to remove once they're in there." The psychologist elaborated with instances where people get infected with earworms when doing things such as running or even while brushing your teeth.

According to Stuff, Jakubowski explained that an effective method of getting rid of earworms is to distract oneself with other music that doesn't share common tunes or upbeat tempo. A survey that was done back in 2004 shows tops song that cure earworms. These songs are "God Save the Queen", citizens of a non-monarch nation may try "My Country", "Tis of Thee", which share a similar melody.

Kelly Jakubowski find earworms to be a very intriguing form of spontaneous thought. And by understanding more information about earworms, scientist may further discover crucial clues regarding the mysteries and functions of the human brain.

Experiencing earworms right now? Here's a list of songs that have infected the heads of people across countries.