Person is sitting quietly when a song suddenly starts
Learning & Education · English · Portrait · 30 sec · whiteboard animation
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Transcript
Why does a song suddenly play in your head when you haven't heard it all day? Your brain can replay music from memory.
Researchers call this an earworm. A familiar melody, an association, or a quiet moment can trigger it.
So when that song suddenly starts playing in your head, you didn't press play. Your brain did.