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Dissecting an earworm: Melodic features and song popularity predict involuntary musical imagery (2016)
Journal Article
Jakubowski, K., Finkel, S., Stewart, L., & Müllensiefen, D. (2016). Dissecting an earworm: Melodic features and song popularity predict involuntary musical imagery. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 3, 122-135. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000090

Involuntary musical imagery (INMI or “earworms”)—the spontaneous recall and repeating of a tune in one’s mind—can be attributed to a wide range of triggers, including memory associations and recent musical exposure. The present study examined whether... Read More about Dissecting an earworm: Melodic features and song popularity predict involuntary musical imagery.

Catching earworms on Twitter: Using big data to study involuntary imagery. (2015)
Journal Article
Liikkanen, L., Jakubowski, K., & Toivanen, J. (2015). Catching earworms on Twitter: Using big data to study involuntary imagery. Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 33(2), 199-216. https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2015.33.2.199

In recent years, so-called big data research has become a hot topic in the social sciences. This paper explores the possibilities of big data-based research within the field of music psychology. We illustrate one methodological approach by studying i... Read More about Catching earworms on Twitter: Using big data to study involuntary imagery..

The speed of our mental soundtracks: Tracking the tempo of involuntary musical imagery in everyday life (2015)
Journal Article
Jakubowski, K., Farrugia, N., Halpern, A., Sankarpandi, S., & Stewart, L. (2015). The speed of our mental soundtracks: Tracking the tempo of involuntary musical imagery in everyday life. Memory and Cognition, 43(8), 1229-1242. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-015-0531-5

The study of spontaneous and everyday cognitions is an area of rapidly growing interest. One of the most ubiquitous forms of spontaneous cognition is involuntary musical imagery (INMI), the involuntarily retrieved and repetitive mental replay of musi... Read More about The speed of our mental soundtracks: Tracking the tempo of involuntary musical imagery in everyday life.

Tunes stuck in your brain: The frequency and affective evaluation of involuntary musical imagery correlate with cortical structure (2015)
Journal Article
Farrugia, N., Jakubowski, K., Cusack, R., & Stewart, L. (2015). Tunes stuck in your brain: The frequency and affective evaluation of involuntary musical imagery correlate with cortical structure. Consciousness and Cognition, 35, 66-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2015.04.020

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the neuroscience of spontaneous cognition. One form of such cognition is involuntary musical imagery (INMI), the non-pathological and everyday experience of having music in one’s head, in the absence of an... Read More about Tunes stuck in your brain: The frequency and affective evaluation of involuntary musical imagery correlate with cortical structure.

The effect on exercise-induced arousal on preferred tempo for familiar melodies (2015)
Journal Article
Jakubowski, K., Halpern, A., Grierson, M., & Stewart, L. (2015). The effect on exercise-induced arousal on preferred tempo for familiar melodies. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 22(2), 559-565. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-014-0687-1

Many previous studies have shown that arousal affects time perception, suggesting a direct influence of arousal on the speed of the pacemaker of the internal clock. However, it is unknown whether arousal influences the mental representation of tempo... Read More about The effect on exercise-induced arousal on preferred tempo for familiar melodies.

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?.

Replication in music psychology. (2013)
Journal Article
Frieler, K., Mullensiefen, D., Fischinger, T., Schlemmer, K., Jakubowski, K., & Lothwesen, K. (2013). Replication in music psychology. Musicae Scientiae, 17(3), 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1177/1029864913495404

In this article, we address the current state and general role of replication in empirical sciences in general and music psychology in particular. We argue that replication should be an integral part of the quality management of science because it he... Read More about Replication in music psychology..