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userlog999 t1_ja6iy9h wrote

and provably forgot 10secs ago because it was reliving that 7 years ago event, on repeat.

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embracing_insanity t1_ja6jov3 wrote

Or can remember some annoying jingle from an old commercial, but forget a password I use all the time.

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Ophelius314 t1_ja6l1iq wrote

It also puts all my embarrassing and cringe moments in the spotlight on repeat, and sweeps all of my winning moments under the rug never to be thought of again.

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IMJacob1 t1_ja6mrp4 wrote

I mean yeah we have a short term memory, working memory, and long term memory that are used differently for different things

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Subiepnw t1_ja6uyt9 wrote

Especially when you’re pregnant and become a parent. It happens constantly! 😭

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plasmidlifecrisis t1_ja6w49w wrote

Those things are handled by different departments at the brain company

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SherbetTurbulent9787 t1_ja785je wrote

I read once that it's a deliberate action by your brain. Basically when you leave one room and go into another you have changed your environment so your brain compartmentalises the knowledge and skills needed from the previous environment in order to assess the new.
It makes more sense if you think of earlier man being in a forest and walking out of the trees into an open meadow. Suddenly a completely different set of life skills are needed for survival and safety. Well your brain thinks walking from the kitchen to your bathroom needs an awesome kick-ass Liam Neeson style set of skills and puts everything else away to assess the danger.
It's actually really cool and knowing this makes me smile instead of get annoyed when it happens lol. Thanks brain!

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JustChiLingggg t1_ja78o2v wrote

Sometimes I forget things that people say to me immediately after they say it cause I was busy with something else then

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Dnoxl t1_ja7es9k wrote

Replying to embracing_insanity (#2,047,131)

I wanted to buy a capri sun when i was like 4? It cost 1€ but i was unfamiliar with the concept of cents and euros so i handed the cashier 1 ct. I still feel awkward about this memory. What did i have for breakfast?

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Gunz-n-Brunch t1_ja7qcze wrote

I can remember some dumb shit I said to impress a girl when I was in 6th grade, and I am as embarrassed about it now even more than I was then... But I once forgot why I opened Disney plus... Halfway through Revenge of the Sith I realised I did not open Disney to watch Star Wars. Last Wednesday I remembered that I had opened it to watch Hamilton.

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vivahermione t1_ja7vr9d wrote

I have a theory that the brain is like a hard drive that fills up by the time we're in our 30s, so it starts deleting things. Unfortunately, we have no conscious control over what it deletes. 😱

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garmonbozia66 t1_ja7wxgi wrote

Today, I walked into the toilet, forgot why I went in there so I turned around and walked out. Five minutes later, I returned. All good.

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DarkJayson t1_ja7xjdx wrote

Doors, apparently its something about walking through a door resets your short term memeory or something.

Let me google it.

Yea the doorway effect I cant be bothered to explain it here is the wiki article on it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorway_effect

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qlog_official t1_ja82msz wrote

It is plausible. Simply a matter on what you are focusing your attention on at this moment.

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BaronCoop t1_ja83boy wrote

Replying to JustChiLingggg (#2,051,644)

β€œNice to meet you! What’s your name? Uh huh, and can you tell me your name again? I was too busy congratulating myself on remembering to not be awkward when asking your name to pay attention to what you said.”

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czechman45 t1_ja86cf0 wrote

There are two big things at play here. First, certain memories are incredibly ingrained in our neural pathways. Second...wait, what was my second point? I just had it. No, give me a minute, it's on the tip of my tongue. What WAS that second point???

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RegularBasicStranger t1_ja87bac wrote

Because 7 years ago stuff that is still in the memory would be connected to the prefrontal cortex thus can be reached from many neural network entry points.

But something normal will not cause strong enough feelings to get the memory included in the prefrontal cortex thus the only way to reach it would be via the hippocampus' most recent neuron, holding the most recent memory or via the sensory cortex such as seeing it or hearing about it.

However, since memories form at 8 to 25 Hertz, 10 seconds ago would be around 100 neurons ago thus the signal cannot reach that far back from hippocampus' most recent neuron.

Thus only if the memory is directly activated via somebody or something directly reminds the person of it, can that memory be reached thus 10 seconds is too far back.

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Ad_1221 t1_ja883bx wrote

Replying to PinkLedDoors (#2,048,448)

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balrus-balrogwalrus t1_ja8b6lg wrote

or remember the names and time periods of 100 different dinosaurs but not the 100-sentence essay you have to memorize for recital class

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balrus-balrogwalrus t1_ja8b7fp wrote

or remember the names and time periods of 100 different dinosaurs but not the 100-sentence essay you have to memorize for recital class

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Magruun t1_ja8cck9 wrote

I keep forgetting if I locked the door when I leave my house. It’s so annoying I go back to check and it’s always locked anyway.

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