Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Earworms! Unit 7A

Today in class, we mentioned earworms- those annoying songs that get stuck in your head as a result of automatic encoding. Some of our earworms were:
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- the Spongebob theme song

Take a listen to the interview with a psychologist who collects and studies earworms:
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/12/148460545/why-that-song-gets-stuck-in-your-head
Or check out this article:

Then post your most bothersome earworms in the comments below!

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  3. Laura sent me a link to a video about this:
    The Psychology of Sound
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu1XdDuo3e0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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  5. Dancing Queen - Abba (I only know one line)

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