Naming it
walking into a room and forgetting why is a feature, not a glitch
Naming it
Naming it
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Walking into a room and forgetting why you came is a feature, not a glitch.
Your brain files short term memory by location. The room you were in is part of the thought.
Crossing a doorway tells it that scene is over, so it archives the file to make room for the new room.
People have tried to pin this on the doorway itself, and it does not hold up — a 2021 study across four experiments found no reliable effect. What is certain is the forgetting. You're not losing your mind.