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Ever walk into a room and forget what you were doing? - Gabriel Radvansky

TED-Ed · Science & Maths · 5 min · 952 thousand views · published 2026-09-08

Ever walk into a room and forget what you were doing? - Gabriel Radvansky

Dig into the phenomenon known as the doorway effect, where walking into a new space can make you forget what you were doing. -- You enter yo doorway effect doorway phenomenon memory forgetting forgetfulness location upda

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