Lost Causes Sudden While Walking

Often someone came to his colleague in another room, then suddenly forgot why he came into the room. Not necessarily the person is senile, because this phenomenon can also occur because the brain trying to identify a new atmosphere.

This phenomenon is almost always encountered every day both at home and at work. For example when someone in the house walked into the kitchen to take the knife, that person could suddenly forget the goal and instead opened the refrigerator door and take food.

The new person would feel silly when he gets back to his room, when they discover the scattered wires because it has not cut or peeled. Should he take the knife to fix the electrical installation in his room, but he instead returned with a can of food.

Prof. Gabriel Radvansky, a psychologist from the University of Notre Dame say the phenomenon is called "location updating effect" or the effect of the introduction of a new location. As you move the room, the brain will naturally seek to identify new atmosphere and environment.

The process of recognizing the new environment and atmosphere of this sometimes takes up memory of the brain that should be used to remember. As a result one can suddenly forget about trivial matters, including the main purpose for what he came into the room.

"Out in through a door can be a barrier to one's memory, which separates a series of activities in the previous room to be stored temporarily.

This conclusion was drawn by Prof. Radvansky after conducting experiments that involve a number of students. In these experiments, memory in students who move to another room observed a little worse than just a walk in one room.