Are you hanging up your stocking on the wall? Some time ago, we published an article about earworms. Slade’s Christmas classic didn’t appear, but surely, for at least a couple of weeks a year it is the ultimate in “tunes you just can’t get out of your head”.

So, apologies for lodging that one in there. But I hope The Conversation can give you more than an earworm this festive season.

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