Outputs (2)

Earworms. (2014)
Book Chapter
Williamson, V., & Jakubowski, K. (2014). Earworms. In W. Thompson (Ed.), Music in the Social and Behavioural Sciences. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452283012.n116

An earworm is a fragment of music that comes to mind involuntarily and repeats at least once, on a loop, without conscious effort. The cause of an earworm may or may not be known, but the initiation of the earworm episode ...

Sticky tunes: How do people react to involuntary musical imagery? (2014)
Journal Article
Williamson, V., Liikkanen, L., Jakubowski, K., & Stewart, L. (2014). Sticky tunes: How do people react to involuntary musical imagery?. PLoS ONE, 9(1), Article e86170. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086170

The vast majority of people experience involuntary musical imagery (INMI) or ‘earworms’; perceptions of spontaneous, repetitive musical sound in the absence of an external source. The majority of INMI episodes are not bothersome, while some cause dis... Read More about Sticky tunes: How do people react to involuntary musical imagery?.