If you search the internet for information about earworms — tunes that get stuck in your head — you’ll undoubtedly find lots of complaints about annoying songs like “Baby Shark” and anecdotes about ...

It’s a nearly ubiquitous human experience: you’re walking down the street, or cooking dinner, or writing an email, and you suddenly realize that a snippet of a song is looping in your head. You might ...

Just a few chords from a song can instantly transport you back to a loved one’s funeral or your graduation day. This demonstrates that music is far more than mere background noise; it serves as a ...