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Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head—and How to Stop Them

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How to Get Rid of an Earworm

Watch memes when you're trying to ditch an earworm is an expert-approved strategy. Distraction, or coming up with a competing task, sound or image can help get rid of an INMI. Even chewing gum can disrupt the phonological loop necessary for imagining through the song.

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