Have you ever gotten up to go do something, walk into the next room, and totally forget what you were there to do? That's DOORWAY EFFECT, a well-studied phenomenon where crossing a boundary subconsciously shifts our focus from short-term memory to a state of alerted awareness.

I always figured it was just my mind being a sieve.

FASCINATING!!!!

Sometimes I don't even remember what I'm wearing!

I think do that now with new browser tabs. Have you ever opened a new tab and forgot what it was for?

Thank you! I didn't know this

Ah, I get it. So the guy walking through the door was going to make a sandwich for the little guy, right?

But going back to tbe spot you we're coming from helps

Yup! Knowing what it is, as soon as I realize I've forgotten what I was about to do, I walk back through the doorway and more easily remember what it was. 🙂

And here I thought it was because I'd just had an alien encounter . . .

When this happens, simply go back through the door and you will immediately remember what you were doing. It's just some kind of temporal distortion.