How Do You Solve a Problem Like an Earworm?
If you are one of the 92 percent of the population who regularly experience earworms鈥攕nippets of music that pop uninvited into your head and won't go away鈥攜ou might wish there was a way to make them stop. Earworms are a generally benign form of rumination, the repetitive, intrusive thoughts associated with anxiety and depression.