The scientific literature sometimes considers music an abstract stimulus, devoid of explicit
meaning, and at other times considers it a universal language. Here, individuals in three …

Music is omnipresent in daily life and may interact with critical cognitive processes including
memory. Despite music's presence during diverse daily activities including studying …

This paper offers a critical reflection on the paucity of theories for the phenomenon of
“earworms,” also known as involuntary musical imagery (INMI), and poses some as-yet …

Previous research has found that music brings back more vivid and emotional
autobiographical memories than various other retrieval cues. However, such studies have …

Involuntary musical imagery (INMI; more commonly known as “earworms” or having a song
“stuck in your head”) is a common musical phenomenon and one of the most salient …

Artwork is a unique tool for studying human memory and its neural underpinnings. This
review evaluates the role of art in memory research, employing novel experimental and …

The speech-to-song illusion is a perceptual transformation in which a spoken phrase initially
heard as speech begins to sound like song across repetitions. In two experiments, we tested …

Congenital amusia is a neurodevelopmental disorder of musical processing. Previous
research demonstrates that although explicit musical processing is impaired in congenital …

An “earworm”—the experience of a catchy melody that repeats persistently in the mind—is a
ubiquitous yet mysterious cognitive phenomenon. Previous research demonstrates that …

The experience of involuntary musical imagery (earworm experience) is an everyday
phenomenon that differs in frequency and subjective quality and may be strongly influenced …