So you forgot why you entered a room. You’re not alone – this is all too common. Then we get to play mandatory charades with the poor individual who happened to be in the room. 

Dude, what was I doing here? 

But it’s not the room– it’s the door. This is a psychological effect that occurs when you pass through a gateway of some sort.  Psychologists call this an ‘event boundary’—a signal in your mind clearing an episode of memory and creating another, as your environment changes, your mind packs up information and opens a fresh slate to start collecting new information.  

That and a few memory facts!

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