Scientists have found triggers syndrome jam songs

British scientists have attempted to classify the triggers involuntary memories of music.
Involuntary memories of music - a phenomenon that when a person for no apparent reason remembers the musical composition, which after a period of time playing in his head. According to research carried out earlier, the song can be played in my head a few minutes to several hours, perhaps intermittently, according to Lenta. ru. A small proportion of this syndrome are prone to occur discomfort due to the persistence of such.
British psychologists have attempted to classify the causes that trigger an involuntary memory of music. To do this, they used data on these songs stuck in their heads, gathered BBC radio, and Internet survey data. Results The study involved about 600 people.
Most often a song comes to mind when a person accidentally heard it on radio, on the street, on public transport. The second most popular triggers are visual, auditory, and other situational associations, sometimes paradoxical.
It also appeared that the memory can run music the mood with which the song was associated in the past. For example, one of the volunteers told me that once wrote a letter to a state of extreme stress, ... After that he remembered this song, whenever he found himself in a stressful situation.