{"id":28878,"date":"2013-12-16T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=28878"},"modified":"2013-12-09T11:03:35","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T16:03:35","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-song-catchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2013\/uncommon-knowledge-song-catchy\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: Can a song be too catchy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/pick-punch?source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20926_zoom1.jpg\" alt=\"Pick Punch | UncommonGoods\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20926_zoom1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20926_zoom1-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20926_zoom1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20926_zoom1-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20926_zoom1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>You know those commercial jingles that get stuck in your head for what feels like an eternity? Or one line from a pop song you don\u2019t even really know the lyrics to? That\u2019s more than a minor annoyance; it\u2019s an actual affliction called earworm, a name that sounds a lot more alarming than just a harmless bit of music overstaying its welcome. Studies have shown that 99% of us have suffered from it, but musicians, women, and people under stress are the most prone. Some tried and true methods to kick it? Keep yourself busy with a mental task like Soduku, listen to the song all the way through, or \u201cpass it on\u201d and sing it to a friend\u2013just don\u2019t be surprised it they become your ex-friend after one too many stanzas from the commercial for your local furniture store.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/pick-punch?source=blog\" target=\"_blank\">Pick Punch, $25<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know those commercial jingles that get stuck in your head for what feels like an eternity?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":30025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}