WHY DO WE FORGET ?
As we navigate life, we collect masses of souvenirs in the form of memories. But we can’t keep all of these forever
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DID YOU KNOW? The average person can hold five to nine items in their short-term memory at one time
Have you ever entered a room, only to forget what you went in there to do? Scientists think that the brain interprets entering a doorway as a new place and a new scene, causing you to temporarily erase your train of thought – the short-term memory of why you went there in the first place. This is just one of the brain’s many memory quirks and tactics. And while forgetting can be frustrating, the human body can only function with a balance of erased and consolidated memories.