US EditionThe 'Threat Effect' or Why We Forgot What We Were Going to Do when We Changed Rooms.
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He arrives in the kitchen with a clear idea, but as he crosses the door, something is diluted. He no longer remembers what he was coming to. And he stays in front of the fridge for a few seconds, as if the cold could refresh his intention that was lost with the change of place.This phenomenon has been studied by cognitive psychology and is known as the ‘threshold effect’ (doorway effect or location updating effect).Just go through a door for the…
You walk into the kitchen or a room with a specific intention. But suddenly… it's empty. You have no idea why you came. This is a daily phenomenon that happens to anyone who has ever gone for something… and returned empty-handed. It's not absent-mindedness or the first symptom of dementia. It's the threshold effect – a brain mechanism that works faster than you can remember. Photo: thefad.pl / AI What is the threshold effect? The threshold effec…
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