w8emv, 1 year ago The "doorway effect", stated briefly, is that "walking through doorways causes forgetting". It's as though our short-term memory gets flushed out when we are in a new space, so that we're ready for new stuff. Scientific American, 2011 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-walking-through-doorway-makes-you-forget/ Radvansky 2010 "Walking through doorways causes forgetting: Further explorations" https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2011.571267 cc @pb who reminded me of this
The "doorway effect", stated briefly, is that "walking through doorways causes forgetting". It's as though our short-term memory gets flushed out when we are in a new space, so that we're ready for new stuff.
Scientific American, 2011 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-walking-through-doorway-makes-you-forget/
Radvansky 2010 "Walking through doorways causes forgetting: Further explorations" https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2011.571267
cc @pb who reminded me of this
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