Involuntary musical imagery (INMI) refers to a conscious mental experience of music that
occurs without deliberate efforts to initiate or sustain it. This experience often consists of the …

Involuntary musical imagery (INMI or “earworms”)—the spontaneous recall and repeating of
a tune in one's mind—can be attributed to a wide range of triggers, including memory …

This paper discusses the current state of knowledge on musical pattern finding. Various
studies propose computational methods to find repeated musical patterns. Our detailed …

Online studies using recruitment services (such as Prolific or Amazon's MTurk) and online
testing platforms (such as Gorilla or PsyToolkit) are becoming increasingly common in …

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 …

Catchiness and groove are common phenomena when listening to popular music.
Catchiness may be a potential factor for experiencing groove but quantitative evidence for …

Groove and catchiness are central properties of popular music that frequently appear
together. Yet, a possible relationship has neither been postulated nor examined. In music …

The rise of deep learning technologies has quickly advanced many fields, including
generative music systems. There exists a number of systems that allow for the generation of …

This brief statement revisits some earlier observations on what makes web-based
experiments, and especially citizen science using engaging games, an attractive alternative …

Involuntary cognitions—thoughts that arise spontaneously without conscious effort—are an
everyday phenomenon. These cognitions include future thoughts, autobiographical …