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JOY Drive

16 Nov 2025

Professor Emery Schubert: Why Earworms Take Over Your Brain

Music, Psychology

Professor Emery Schubert: Why Earworms Take Over Your Brain

Why do “Baby Shark” and “Padam Padam” lodge in our heads, and how do we finally shake them loose? Music cognition expert Professor Emery Schubert explains the science of sticky songs, from melody and memory to the quickest fixes.

Guest: Professor Emery Schubert, UNSW Sydney

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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