Fighting an earworm makes it worse: study › News in Science (ABC Science) - http://www.abc.net.au/science...
"Psychologists in the UK have discovered the best way to get that annoying Christmas carol out of your head. They also found that 'earworms', unwanted catchy tunes that repeat in your head, are often greater in length and are remembered for longer than our auditory memory capacity was previously thought to allow. The research, by Philip Beaman and Tim Williams of the University of Reading, appears in an upcoming edition of the British Journal of Psychology ." - Matt G
"The researchers conducted two studies exploring the nature of earworm experiences, as well as their causes and methods of removing them." - Matt G
Here I was, thinking I was going to read about some icky bug. - Bryce Roney
A bug could be preferable to some of the earworms I have had. - Matt G