Why Humming a Stuck Song Feels Good? (September 2026)
An earworm (also called involuntary musical imagery or INMI, from the German Ohrwurm) is a fragment of music that loops in your mind without your choosing. When you hum it out loud, the vibration stimulates your vagus nerve, your brain’s reward system releases dopamine, and your mind finally closes the unfinished cognitive loop – together … Read more