Search Options
close
Search the following clips:
All Clips
Everyone's Clips
My Guides
Sign Up
Install
Learn More
Login
'Brain itch' keeps songs in the head
smiljana
follow
1
12-25-2007 4:53 AM
236 views
tags:
brain
,
music
,
itch
Add a Comment
Login
to Comment. Not a member yet?
Sign up
Related Clips
The Fall of Democracy
HAL robotic suit rental is ready for Tony ...
Healthy Fats to Fight Obesity
The brain parasite that influences human c...
"Miracle Cure For Alzheimer's Disease?"
Too many calories send the brain off kilter
Brain reacts to fairness as it does to mon...
More clips from
smiljana
KELSEY DIED
Clever Transforming Furniture
WORLD'S MOST BIZARRE STATUES
Today's Top Clips
The rival to the Bible
Female Fighters: We Won't Stand for Male Dominance
Different nesting options :)
Obama Hatred at McCain-Palin Rallies: "Terrorist!" "Kill Him!"
Our "Digital Shadow" -a Mind-Bending Prediction
The Surge has Worked
Scientists create solar cells with a twist.
Layers of Red Cliffs on Mars (Photo)
Clive Thompson: Why Veteran Visionaries Will Save the World
Bush snubs Iran breakthrough opportunity
visit the
Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from
December 25, 2007
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0f16910c-040e-4a56-98d0-7c37c7e9db0e/A25922C6-7973-4F2A-90EA-DA6EF7D4A078/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3221499.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3221499.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3221499.stm"><DIV class="sh">'Brain itch' keeps songs in the head<BR /></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3221499.stm"><FONT size="2">In Germany, this type of song is known as an "ohrwurm" - an earworm - and typically has a high, upbeat melody and repetitive lyrics that verge between catchy and annoying. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3221499.stm"><FONT size="2">Songs such as the Village People's YMCA, Los Del Rio's Macarena, and the Baha Men's Who Let The Dogs Out owe their success to their ability to create a "cognitive itch," according to Professor James Kellaris, of the University of Cincinnati College of Business Administration. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3221499.stm"><FONT size="2">"A cognitive itch is a kind of metaphor that explains how these songs get stuck in our head," Professor Kellaris told BBC World Service's Outlook programme. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3221499.stm"><FONT size="2">"Certain songs have properties that are analogous to histamines that make our brain itch. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3221499.stm"><FONT size="2">"The only way to scratch a cognitive itch is to repeat the offending melody in our minds." </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3221499.stm"><FONT size="2"> <TABLE width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"><TBODY><TR><TD><DIV> <IMG width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39502000/jpg/_39502477_villagepeople203.jpg" alt="Village People" /> <DIV class="cap">The Village People owed much success to earworms</DIV> </DIV> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>"Across surveys I found that from 97% to 99% of the population is susceptible to earworms at some time," he stated. </FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A25922C6-7973-4F2A-90EA-DA6EF7D4A078/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
Clipmarks
Home
New Clips
Top Clips
Dashboard
Popular Topics
News
Life
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Get Started
Sign Up
Install Clipping Tool
How Clipping Works
Clip-to-Blog™
ClipSearch
Tools and Resources
FAQ
ClipWeek
Top Clippers
Top Tags
Site Map
About Clipmarks
About Us
Contact
Blog
Copyright
Privacy
EULA
OK