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The Reason For The Door Opener Effect
- So far, there is no concrete explanation behind this phenomenon, but psychologists believe that passing through a doorway and entering a different room creates a mental block in the brain.
- In addition, walking through open doors is thought to reset the memory to make room for the emergence of a new episode. This short experience of passing through a door from one room to another is called the location updating effect.
- The good news is that experiencing such forgettable episodes after entering another room does not tell you anything about your memory, intelligence, or cognitive abilities.
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The Doorway Effect
Psychologists believe that walking through a door and entering another room creates a mental blockage in the brain, meaning that walking through open doors resets memory to make room for a new episode to emerge.
This is generally referred to as the doorway effect.
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