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Ep 28: Why songs get stuck in our heads

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Are Earworms Helping With Memory?

Research suggests earworms may help with memory storage. We tend to replay information we've recently encountered in our heads for some amount of time, which helps solidify those memories. Peter genata is professor of psychology at university of california davis where he studies the psychology and neure science of music.

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