Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head
Like Duolingo, but for Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo turns Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head into a game you actually finish. Levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that make it stick. Five minutes a day.
Where Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head takes you
Ever wonder why that one catchy tune won't leave your brain? Discover the science of 'earworms' and how your mind processes rhythm and repetition.
- 1
The Anatomy of an Earworm
- What is an Earworm?
- The Power of Repetition
- Why Simple Melodies Stick
- How Your Brain Loops Sound
- 2
Triggers and Traps
- The Role of Memory
- Emotions and Catchy Tunes
- Environmental Triggers
- The 'Incomplete Task' Effect
- Stress and Musical Loops
- Common Earworm Culprits
- 3
Breaking the Loop
- The Cure of the 'Cure Song'
- Distracting Your Brain
- Solving Puzzles to Stop Music
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Which of these best describes how that annoying jingle actually gets stuck in your head?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
You pick the voice
Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head is taught in the The Comedian style: learning with the laughs left in. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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