General: Yamahaaa, yamaso: Why knowing the lyrics do we go on singing like this?

mondegreen

a misheard word or phrase in a song or speech

phonetic ambiguity

the possibility of multiple interpretations of sounds

auditory perception

the process of interpreting sounds

semantic processing

understanding meaning in language

cognitive bias

a tendency to interpret information in a predictable way

earworm

a tune that repeats in the mind

mnemonic device

something that aids memory

pattern recognition

identifying meaningful structures in information

linguistic interference

influence from another language or sound system

misinterpretation

incorrect understanding of information

intelligibility

how easily speech can be understood

subconscious processing

mental activity occurring below conscious awareness