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SYSK Choice: The Good and Bad in Human Nature & Let’s Rethink Your Daily Routine

Something You Should Know

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The Doorway Effect

Our brain has a limited capacity to store between three and seven discrete pieces of information so for us today it would be things on a shopping list we can only remember five six or seven things at most. The same thing happens when you go through a doorway essentially your brain is going right I'm in a different location now that means I can free up some from some headspace. Even if you do this in virtual reality you put a headset on and you go from one virtual room to another you still have this same effect. Your brain assumes that that information is no longer relevant so it drops a couple of things off off the list thinking it needs to make space for more but obviously when you're walking

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