![]() ![]() Distraction, or coming up with a competing task, sound, or image-something that engages your mind-can help get rid of an INMI. It turns out watching memes when you’re trying to ditch an earworm is an expert-approved strategy. “I imagine that I’m at a concert, and I hear the audience clapping and cheering in my mind,” she says. That’s a trick Arthur uses to signal to her mind that the song is over. Don’t have time to play the song in its entirety? Cue the applause. Once you listen to the whole song all the way through, your brain gets the message that it’s complete, so there’s no need for it to repeat. ![]() When you only know one part of the song, that’s the bit that gets stuck. If an earworm has a hold on you, scientists believe the following strategies may help obliterate it: ![]()
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