Attention Henri Mancini

This is why that tune keeps repeating over and over again in our brains...

Catchy songs

Researchers have previously argued that catchy songs work by causing a "brain itch" that can only be scratched by repeating the tune.

The Dartmouth team asked volunteers to listen to excerpts from familiar and unfamiliar songs with lyrics or instrumentals.

These included the Rolling Stones' Satisfaction and the theme tune from The Pink Panther.

Snippets of the music were removed at different points during the songs and replaced with silent gaps.

The researchers used a brain scan called functional magnetic resonance imaging to see which parts of the brain were active while the volunteers listened to the tracks.////.....
We found that people couldn't help continuing the song in their heads, and when they did this, the auditory cortex remained active even though the music had stopped."

If they did this in Guantanamo, the ACLU would have a fit...but luckily for terrorists, they only play acid rock down there...