THAT STUPID DOOR
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.
Thank goodness for studies like this. It’s not our age, it’s that stupid door!
(There’s hope for us yet hahahahahaha 🙂 )
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Interesting foreveryoung, now I know why I forget stuff. I usually have to go back in the same room to remember.
I wonder if it would make a difference if I took the door off its hinges.
hahahahahaha David xoxox
i sure hope there’s hope for some of us,yet…lol
I forget before I get through that stupid door!!! lol. Love, Jackie xxx
How nice not to blame my age any more….thank you for posting this very valuable piece of information !!!!
A comforting thought!