Fighting Earworms Through Science
In my job, I hear a LOT of music. So I probably get a song stuck in my head maybe once a day. Never for too long, maybe ten minutes.
There s nothing worse than having an annoying SONG stuck in your head. If it s a good song, that s not so bad. But if you don t even like it that much, that suuuuucks. But if it does happen to you Google has told me that scientists have finally figured out a way to get you some peace.
Dr. Ira Hyman is a music psychologist at Western Washington University. He just finished a study that found the best way to get a song out of your head is . . . solving a puzzle that s sort of hard. When you have a song stuck in your head, it s actually because that song is dominating your working memory.