Can the brain pick up radio waves.

[Englishbird]

I very often start singing a song or at least thinking it, quite suddenly. I have quite a musical background and remember a lot of songs, so it could just be a phrase or word that triggers the memory of a song. But I have often wondered if we can actually pick up radio waves in some way.

[rosyrussell]

I think you could have is a form of synesthesia - where one sense is linked in some way to another sense - like people visualising the smell of something, or hearing a sound as a colour. Do you associate specific environments with particular songs?

[Englishbird]

no, not specifically. It's more random than that. I just wondered if there were any theorys regarding electromagnetic waves. thanks anyway

[madein1978]

One explaination could be, and this only happens to a tiny handful of people, is that two fillings in your teeth could be just touching with a tiny air gap between, causing you to be able to pick up radiowaves. It works by the same principle of a cats whisker and a lump of crystal can pickup the radiowaves, because radiowaves are electrical energy, the cats whisker starts to vibrate to the frequency against the crystal and so you have a crude radio, in other words, you are picking up this energy and your teeth are vibrating to the frequency allowing you to hear the radio inside your head! As I say a super rare condition but not impossible!

[Englishbird]

very interesting! don't think it applys to me, as I only have one filling on either side of my mouth. You'd think you were going mad if you started hearing Jonathon Ross' voice in your head wouldn't you!

[madein1978]

Damn right!!!