Whew, new scientific proof.

[Flyinfool]

Whew, new scientific proof.

 

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 damn door ! :backinmyday:

[Venturous Randy]

Sounds reasonable.

When I come in from the garage, sometimes I will repeat what I am coming in for, or I will have go back to the garage and start all over again. Otherwise, I will just stand in the kitchen and try to figure out why I came in, so I usually start with a snack and then maybe a nap.

RandyA

[etcswjoe]

Remind me again what was I going to post?

[EasyRider]

The refrigerator door and the "other" door both have reminders on the other side!!!!

[utadventure]

Bill Cosby use to say that memory lapses like these is because our brains are connected to our butts.

 

When we return to the original room, as soon as we butt hits the chair we where in before, we suddenly remember what it was we went to get in the other room.

 

I think this theory deserves additional study.

[Illinois]

Fantastic! Let me share this with my ah, um, uh, never mind.

[Yammer Dan]

So if I remove all the doors........

[Evan]

Thanks for posting this info Jeff. It helps explain one of my problems, which I sometime forget.

[Snaggletooth]

Just use the window Dan. Saves a bunch of work.

[dacheedah]

supposedly if you scan your eyes left and right back and forth it connects both sides of your brain and is supposed to help you remember what the hell you are doing.

[Flyinfool]

Or makes you look crazy so everyone will understand your forgetting.

[SilvrT]

This is not new, I've know this for years ....

 

 

 

 

 

'cept I keep forgetting it .....

[bill4you502]

The refrigerator door and the "other" door both have reminders on the other side!!!!

 

I need reminders to remind me of the reminders!!!!

[dacheedah]

what did I come to this thread for

[Yammer Dan]

what did I come to this thread for

 

I ain't got a clue!! You got any idea why all the doors from my house are stacked out on the deck???

[Dano]

I ain't got a clue!! You got any idea why all the doors from my house are stacked out on the deck???

 

'Cause you took 'em down to refinish them before you bought that 2nd gen!