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Ep 28: Why songs get stuck in our heads

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Are Earworms Affecting Your Sleep?

i realized i had a song stuck in my head and it just wouldn't go away. And like any researcher, thatwu just kept me up longer. How did you go about studying whether these earworms were affecting people's sleep? We conducted two studies. The first study was a correlational study where we gave a bunch of surveys on sleep and ear worms to 200 individuals. If you are experiencing more ear worms at night, then you're three times as likely to be a poor quality sleeper than if you only experience them during the day.

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