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Contrary to popular belief, it's not always an obnoxious song that gets planted in your head. Seventy percent of the time an ear worm is a song you actually like.

It is one of life's most common irritations: the song you do not even like that becomes stuck in your head.

Take, for instance, Mission-born Carly Rae Jepsen's big hit, Call Me Maybe. It's tuneful, it's catchy - and once it gets in your head it's hard to get out…

Some songs just get stuck in your head, whether you like them or not. However, a recent study claims to have found the key to kicking that Taylor Swift tune out of your head: puzzles.

Researchers studying earworms say they have the answer to getting rid of that catchy song stuck in your head. Jen Markham explains what the psychologists found and what researchers say are the top songs that get stuck in people's heads.

Coupeville High School senior Vanessa Bernales, 18, moved here with her family from the Philippines when she was just seven years old. Her parents came here to find a better life for their family.

Entering the American culture at such a young age was a challenge, and her first task was to…

Adriana Manago has picked a doozy of a topic for her academic research.

A new assistant professor at Western Washington University, she is studying the impact of Facebook and other social media on the social development of young people.

Virtually everyone experiences them, and rarely are they thought of fondly. They are earworms, the tunes that burrow into our consciousness and play on repeat.

In a recent study involving hundreds of people, Ira Hyman Jr. of Western Washington University and colleagues looked at what made…

It sounds shocking, but earworms are an epidemic that affect at least 90 percent of people as often as once a week. That’s according to a Goldsmiths University study. But before you go logging onto WebMD, fear not! These earworms are more commonly referred to as songs, regular old songs — often…