Researchers Figure out How to Get Rid of an Earworm

More, plus links, at Neatorama: If you want to get rid of an earworm, you need to use all of your working memory on another task, such as solving a puzzle:

Researchers claim the best way to stopping the phenomenon, sometimes known as earworms – where snippets of a catchy song inexplicably play like a broken record in your brain – is to solve some tricky anagrams.

This can force the intrusive music out of your working memory, they say, allowing it to be replaced with other more amenable thoughts. [...]