I knew my memory was slipping (hello, middle age!), but this article actually dives into why we forget what we were just thinking about. Apparently, walking into a room and blanking out is a real brain thing! Also, multi-tasking? Not really possible—but who agrees with that when you're juggling work, family, and hobbies? Anyway, the takeaway: context is everything! Give your brain a little help and maybe you’ll actually remember why you walked into that room!
Working memory is like the "sketchpad of conscious thought," Earl K. Miller, a professor of neuroscience at MIT, told Live Science. Every tidbit of new information, inner dialogue and sensory input routes through working memory, and certain characteristics of working memory likely explain why we forget those thoughts.
https://www.livescience.com/health/memory/why-do-we-forget-things-we-were-just-thinking-about





