Why do people get songs stuck in their head?
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A song getting stuck in your head is just a weird quirk of the brain. When you hear a catchy tune, its possible for the part of the brain that handles short term memory to feed that to the part of the brain that handles sound, even after you are no longer listening to the song.
As for why it happens, well, the brain is complex. If it isn’t actively focused on something it will look for something to focus on. A song getting stuck in your head is basically the brain’s version of a screensaver – something it does to stay busy while it waits for something else to come up to occupy its attention.
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