"Earworm"

[Jonathan Lighter]

That's what happens in my brain.  The "earworm," however, belies the glib generalization on the same page that "Music Makes You Smarter."

JL

Educational CyberPlayGround <admin at EDU-CYBERPG.COM> wrote:
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>"earworm" is a nagging tune that is maddeningly difficult to get out of
>one's mind. As far as anyone knows, it's a hot new loan-translation of
>German Ohrwurm, a "haunting melody."


FYI: Exactly what an earworm is.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Culdesac/Stars/funkbrothersCulture.html

Karen Ellis
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