The following medical write-up explains so much.
Ever walk into a room with some purpose in mind,
only to completely forget what that purpose was? Turns out, doors themselves are to blame for
these strange memory lapses.
Psychologists at the University of Notre Dame have
discovered that passing through a doorway triggers what's known as an event
boundary in the mind, separating one set of thoughts and memories from the
next. Your brain files away the thoughts you had in the previous room and
prepares a blank slate for the new locale.
It's not aging, it's the damn door! Whew!
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I don't want to check the facts for accuracy. I fully accept that explanation! ;>
That happens to me all the time. I figured it was early stages of dementia. Now I know that it's the "event boundary" in my brain.
If you live in a studio apartment, do you rarely forget things?
Gives a new spin to crossing thru the threshold.
Know wonder I'm always so dazed and confused walking around my house
Here is something I heard. If you go to the refrigerator and forget what you wanted, you are fine.
If you go to the refrigerator and you don't know what it is, then you might have a problem.
I often go from the kitchen to my bedroom (2 doorways), or vice versa, and forget why I came.
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