How do "earworms" start? Classifying the everyday circumstances of Involuntary Musical Imagery

Psychology of Music

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-284

  Williamson, Victoria J ^a   Jilka, Sagar R ^a   Fry, Joshua ^a   Finkel, Sebastian ^a   Müllensiefen, Daniel ^a   Stewart, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

affective states; attention states; everyday music listening; involuntary autobiographical semantic memory (IAM ISM); involuntary musical imagery (INMI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861986076     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735611418553     Document Type: Article

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