“…The type of involuntary musical memory that we focused on in this work was involuntary musical imagery (INMI, or “earworms”)—the spontaneous recall and repetition of a piece of music within the mind. Previous research on INMI has focused on such topics as identifying common triggers of INMI episodes and the contexts in which INMI is most likely to occur (Floridou, Williamson, & Stewart, 2017 ; Hyman et al, 2013 ; Williamson et al, 2012 ), individual differences in personality, musical background, and cognitive styles that predict INMI frequency and reactions to INMI (Beaman & Williams, 2013 ; Beaty et al, 2013 ; Liikkanen, 2012 ; Müllensiefen et al, 2014 ), strategies for alleviating unwanted INMI (Beaman & Williams, 2010 ; Williamson, Liikkanen, Jakubowski, & Stewart, 2014 ), and commonalities between musical features of frequently-reported INMI tunes (Jakubowski, Finkel, Stewart, & Müllensiefen, 2017 ). Some parallels to IAMs have also been revealed.…”