Technological_Burger@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhy do rooms do this to me?!i.imgur.comimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1318
arrow-up1318imageWhy do rooms do this to me?!i.imgur.comTechnological_Burger@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarebleistift2@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 years agoIt’s a well-known psychological thing known as Doorway effect. It it to do with the fact that memories are more easily retrieved in the environment in which they were formed. In this case, short-term memory gets wiped when entering a different room.
minus-squareimallamabananalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoYep, a lot of the time if I go back to where I was when I thought of it, it comes back to me.
It’s a well-known psychological thing known as Doorway effect. It it to do with the fact that memories are more easily retrieved in the environment in which they were formed. In this case, short-term memory gets wiped when entering a different room.
Yep, a lot of the time if I go back to where I was when I thought of it, it comes back to me.