Ever
walk into a room with some purpose in mind, only to completely forget
what that purpose was? It turns out that doors themselves are to blame
for these strange 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 thought you had in the previous room and prepares a clank slate for the new locale.
Thank goodness for studies like this. It explains it all. Now I know why. It's not our age, it's that Stupid Bloody Door!
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