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112 Walking through a doorway can make you forget what you came to do even when you travel the same distance and return to the original room, because the brain treats a boundary as the end of one event and begins organising the next before the old intention has followed you through

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Silicon Canals Editorial Team @ Silicon Canals 2 place · today 08:57 EDT

Walking through a doorway can make you forget what you came to do even when you travel the same distance and return to the original room, because the brain treats a boundary as the end of one event and begins organising the next before the old intention has followed you through

The 'doorway effect' says crossing a threshold makes you forget, because the brain files experience into events and a boundary closes one off. It's a real finding, though a 2021 replication suggests it is smaller and more load-dependent than the popular version.

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