Annoying Songs Get Stuck In Your Head To Help With Long-Term Memory

Yes, there is a reason for those unwanted “earworms”.

Synthia Stark
Preoccupy Negative Thoughts
4 min readJun 20, 2021

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Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels — Some songs are often tied to specific milestones and journeys, like commuting to a specific job.

We all have periods of time where songs get stuck in our heads. We have no idea why this is a thing — but sometimes it’s welcoming, and other times, it is downright annoying.

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Synthia Stark
Preoccupy Negative Thoughts

Canadian Therapist & Former Researcher | 5x Top Writer | Writing about mental health, psychology, science, etc. https://linktr.ee/SynthiaS