Ever have a brilliant idea and then walk into another room only to find your idea vanished (poof!)? A new study suggests it’s not just you: Walking through a doorway makes it harder to remember thoughts from the previous room.
In two studies, researchers found that participants’ memory performance was poorer after they walked through a doorway than if they stayed put in a room. The researchers theorize that the doorway serves as an event boundary where new memory episodes are created, thus hampering recall of prior memories.
http://lifehacker.com/5856370/write-down-what-you-want-to-remember-now++before-you-leave-the-room
