Is the “Doorway Effect” actually psychologically possible?

Turns out there’s a bit of debate about what this is, it’s called the doorway effect by some psychology researchers. They claim it occurs when we forget items of recent significance immediately after crossing a boundary or a lintel.

But are we so fickle?

A team of researchers at Bond University in Queensland have just finished a study into the effect and one of its authors Dr Oliver Baumann explains to Jesse what they’ve found.

Is the “Doorway Effect” actually psychologically possible?
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