FARK.com: (7515017) Researchers claim they have figured out how to get earworms out of your head. Subby thinks their findings are B-A-N-A-N-A-S

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		Researchers claim they have figured out how to get earworms out of your head. Subby thinks their findings are B-A-N-A-N-A-S (bodyodd.nbcnews.com)		85
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Sgygus		2013-01-03 05:36:52 AM

We can banish earworms from our brains

... by stopping them with an act of will, not much different than using your will to lift an eyebrow.

doglover		2013-01-03 05:59:46 AM

Sgygus: We can banish earworms from our brains

... by stopping them with an act of will, not much different than using your will to lift a~~n eyebrow.~~ mountain.

Earworms are worse than heroin or crack cocaine.

Example

Shadow Blasko		2013-01-03 06:33:41 AM

Interior
Crocodile
Alligator...

meatofmystery		2013-01-03 08:06:15 AM

Shadow Blasko: Interior
Crocodile
Alligator...

you sonuva...

Summoner101		2013-01-03 08:09:52 AM

I've found some songs never end, they keep going on and on my friends.

GBB		2013-01-03 08:10:52 AM

But, what about earwigs?

The Bunyip		2013-01-03 08:11:10 AM

I would think not getting captured by Khan in the first place would be the easiest way.

heap		2013-01-03 08:11:24 AM

i just rotate thru an earworm thunderdome, making each successive earworm kill the last champion until i'm stuck with "Yellow Submarine" for a couple of days.

bearded clamorer		2013-01-03 08:11:48 AM

vudukungfu		2013-01-03 08:12:16 AM

Well, It's not unusual.

thisiszombocom		2013-01-03 08:13:13 AM

FirstNationalBastard		2013-01-03 08:13:33 AM

Summoner101: I've found some songs never end, they keep going on and on my friends.

It's like, some people start singing them not knowing what they are, and they continue singing them forever, just because...

The Muthaship		2013-01-03 08:13:36 AM

Afternoon Delight.

See you kids later.

Madaynun		2013-01-03 08:14:17 AM

somebody has Tom Jones syndrome .

vudukungfu		2013-01-03 08:16:41 AM

Madaynun: somebody has Tom Jones syndrome .

^ 4

eKonk		2013-01-03 08:17:16 AM

Did subby say.... Ba-na-na?

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GungFu		2013-01-03 08:17:22 AM

Banananas do do do do do
Banananas do do do do
Banananas do do do do do, do do, do do do, do do do do do

Kit Fister		2013-01-03 08:17:42 AM

The Muthaship: Afternoon Delight.

See you kids later.

It is the song that doesn't end...It just goes on and on my friend...

NeverUseAbsolutes		2013-01-03 08:18:09 AM

Every Christmas I suffer a Jingle Bell Rock relapse. Lasts a day or so.

Kit Fister		2013-01-03 08:18:22 AM

GungFu: Banananas do do do do do
Banananas do do do do
Banananas do do do do do, do do, do do do, do do do do do

Phenomenon...do DOOO do...Phenomenon...

Shadow Blasko		2013-01-03 08:19:30 AM

Why yes.. I do like Pina Coladas...

GardenWeasel		2013-01-03 08:20:06 AM

MANAMANA

reillan		2013-01-03 08:20:50 AM

I don't know who Kim Carollo is, but I think we'd get along famously...

/Master of the House / Quick to catch your eye / Never wants a passer by / To pass him by

Madaynun		2013-01-03 08:21:10 AM

Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way
La la la la la la
La la la la la la

btch_cakes		2013-01-03 08:22:34 AM

the leader is good. the leader is great.
we surrender our will as of this date.

elffster		2013-01-03 08:22:47 AM

We built this city.....We built this city on rock and rolllllll

/I love that song

WippitGuud		2013-01-03 08:23:08 AM

This is the song that doesn't end.
Yes it goes on and on my friend.

Kit Fister		2013-01-03 08:24:33 AM

GardenWeasel: [fierth.com image 270x120]

MANAMANA

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SurfaceTension		2013-01-03 08:25:34 AM

Here's the story,
Of a lovely lady...

/you're welcome

Primitive Screwhead		2013-01-03 08:26:13 AM

FTA: For those of you who had Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" in your head

i36.photobucket.com

Real Women Drink Akvavit		2013-01-03 08:28:07 AM

Banana?

Love that mini movie. So fun!

italie		2013-01-03 08:28:10 AM

Fark like banana?

Ba-nan-na

Ripe banana?

Ba-nan-na

www.yogabbagabba.com

Kit Fister		2013-01-03 08:28:49 AM

Primitive Screwhead: FTA: For those of you who had Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" in your head

[i36.photobucket.com image 313x243]

Thank god, i've never heard that song.

Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo		2013-01-03 08:29:23 AM

"Everybody was kung fu fighting" is hard to get out of your head

drsewell		2013-01-03 08:29:30 AM

Pop Music

Summoner101		2013-01-03 08:31:59 AM

Relevant:

Arcturus72		2013-01-03 08:32:23 AM

I saw the signs...

And I would walk 500 miles...

RandomAxe		2013-01-03 08:32:31 AM

Thread is amusing, but that article was crap. I don't know Ira Hyman from a hole in the wall, but he doesn't seem to have read much on this subject. Research over the last twenty years has shown the neurological underpinnings of earworms -- you can see them in fMRI scans.

Basically, the issue is cognitive compartmentalization. You may think you hate that tune, but part of your brain loves it and is looping it even when it's below the level of your consciousness. When your conscious mind is 'quiet' enough, all of a sudden you can hear that idiot part of your brain playing that tape over and over again obsessively.

Best mundane way to banish them, based on actual testing, is, yes, to find an earworm you don't hate and then use that to displace ones you do. They can be temporarily 'cured' using transcranial magnetic stimulation, or by taking a nap, but that isn't always practical.

FirstNationalBastard		2013-01-03 08:34:06 AM

Arcturus72: I saw the signs...

And I would walk 500 miles...

Would you also walk 500 more?

Primitive Screwhead		2013-01-03 08:36:25 AM

Kit Fister: Primitive Screwhead: FTA: For those of you who had Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" in your head

[i36.photobucket.com image 313x243]

Thank god, i've never heard that song.

Consider yourself very, very lucky.
It's played over just about every store intercom in my area.
I swear the Subway near my house has it on 24hr loop.

Resident Muslim		2013-01-03 08:37:11 AM

I'm lucky.

I hear BANANA and all my memory comes up with is Donkey Kong 64.

/BaNaNa!!
//great game
///play it again Diddy

Real Women Drink Akvavit		2013-01-03 08:37:13 AM

Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo: "Everybody was kung fu fighting" is hard to get out of your head

Damn you. Damn you straight to hell!

ARGHHHH!

*involuntary dance goes here*

tamsnod27		2013-01-03 08:38:41 AM

Meh, hum anything by John Mayer, he is the sorbet of pop musicians
/cleanses the palate

sloshed_again		2013-01-03 08:41:24 AM

Try a slo screw. Neva fails.

acad1228		2013-01-03 08:52:22 AM

Listening to "Paradise By The Dashboard Lights" by Meatloafr will kill any earworm. Go on ... Try it.

jso2897		2013-01-03 08:53:45 AM

FirstNationalBastard: Arcturus72: I saw the signs...

And I would walk 500 miles...

Would you also walk 500 more?

i18.photobucket.com

FirstNationalBastard		2013-01-03 08:55:40 AM

acad1228: Listening to "Paradise By The Dashboard Lights" by Meatloafr will kill any earworm. Go on ... Try it.

I bet that would leave you praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive...

enderthexenocide		2013-01-03 08:55:51 AM

i don't ever have this problem. if i momentarily find myself thinking about a song i can't stand, i just start thinking about a song i like. simple as that. i don't get songs stuck in my head.

ozman		2013-01-03 09:01:34 AM

What? No George yet? Link

DogVomit		2013-01-03 09:04:49 AM

Approves.

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