{"id":45947,"date":"2024-08-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/717a5c4d-9e90-4684-ae42-fb13514db25d"},"modified":"2024-08-15T13:08:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T11:08:33","slug":"earworms-explained-annoyingly-repetitive-musical-snippets-that-the-brain-just-cant-banish","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/earworms-explained-annoyingly-repetitive-musical-snippets-that-the-brain-just-cant-banish\/","title":{"rendered":"Earworms explained: annoyingly repetitive musical snippets that the brain just can\u2019t banish\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Thursday, 15 August 2024 at 10:00 AM<\/p>

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Read on to discover the science behind the often annoying and intrusive musical phenomenon of earworms\u2026<\/strong><\/p>

If you\u2019ve seen the 2015 Pixar film\u00a0Inside Out<\/em>, you\u2019ll be familiar with the \u2018TripleDent Gum\u2019 song. This annoying musical earworm keeps appearing in main character Riley\u2019s head at the most inappropriate moments.\u00a0<\/p>

It\u2019s a running gag that brilliantly explains earworms… These are catchy or memorable pieces of music \u2013 or sometimes a phrase or line of dialogue \u2013 that occupy our brains, long after the thought that sparked the memory, and which we find all too difficult to banish.<\/p>