why is it so easy for our brains to memorize songs after 3-4 times of listening to them but way harder to memorize a regular written paragraph?

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why is it so easy for our brains to memorize songs after 3-4 times of listening to them but way harder to memorize a regular written paragraph?

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In addition to pattern recognition as others have said, the parts of the brain responsible for making memories and processing music are kinda looped around each other, so connections between the two are easily formed. This is one explanation for why people with Alzheimer’s can still recognise music from their childhood even thoigh other memories have gone