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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Mon Dec 3, 2018, 06:28 PM Dec 2018

cartoon: Life

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cartoon: Life (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Dec 2018 OP

Ain't it the truth! Ohiogal Dec 2018 #1

there's actually a bit of science to this. unblock Dec 2018 #2

That is usually what happens (walk back to the other room and then remember) and now it makes sense! skylucy Dec 2018 #4

Great cartoon Gothmog Dec 2018 #3

Ohiogal

(32,002 posts)

1. Ain't it the truth!

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Mon Dec 3, 2018, 06:35 PM

Dec 2018

unblock

(52,243 posts)

2. there's actually a bit of science to this.

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Mon Dec 3, 2018, 06:37 PM

Dec 2018

apparently, walking through doorways makes you forget things.

i suspect that we tend to compartmentalize things by rooms or other contexts or situations. so if you decide in the kitchen that you need something from the den, then you go to the den, you might leave the thought that you needed something in the kitchen and have a tough time remembering it once you're in the den. if you go back to the place where you thought you needed something from the den, you'll probably remember what you needed. hopefully you'll remember it longer this time. or to write it down