Bubble gum to delete the song we can't remove from the head
Most of us have had to listen to a song twice and not be able to take it out of our head for several hours -- or during the day. Researchers from the University of Reading (UK) have recently made an attempt with a group of volunteers and have found that chewing gum helps “unwrap” what we have in mind.
So far they've only tried music, but they think the same outcome can be achieved with any other obsessive thinking.
And the chewing gum can be either. Also without sugar.
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