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by cropcirclbureau 1432 days ago
It's my personal experience that songs that I haven't played to the end get are more likely to get stuck. What's more, it's usually the span around the point at which I stopped the playback that keeps echoing on andon andonandon. Same thing with any other media. I remember books I've left midway with incredible detail. Books I've finished, I find hard to remember titles let alone the name of the main character. I believe it's called the Ovsiankina Effect[0]. And as someone who's had a relatively bad memory, it freaks me out.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovsiankina_effect

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Thanks. Come to think of it, that rings true in my experience.