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Forgetting where you left your keys does not mean you are “losing it”

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Georgesgran Mon 29-Apr-24 08:25:28

This only goes to confirm what I’ve believed for years Rosie.
I think as we age and our brain takes in a lot more information than we need, it’s like a filing cabinet and memories, tasks etc are just moved around in some sort of order of importance.
Thats why (IMO) some things are easier to bring to mind than others.
Misplaced keys (I’m guilty and have been for years) is just a trivial annoyance.

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RunaroundSue Mon 29-Apr-24 08:18:40

I have one front door and one back door key on a chain in the cross body bag I use when I go out and a full set of keys in a key cupboard at the front of the house and another full set of keys in another key cupboard in the dining kitchen. All the keys in both key cupboards fit all the locks on the doors, garage, gates and garden hut.

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ginny Mon 29-Apr-24 08:15:13

I always think it’s not losing your keys that is the problem. It’s if you find them and don’t have a clue what they are for.

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keepingquiet Mon 29-Apr-24 08:10:30

We all forget where we put things, it is an multiple times a day occurence for me!

Forgetting names though- that's a worry.

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RosiesMaw Mon 29-Apr-24 07:49:44

I have said for years that a lifetime of being a multi tasking woman, wife, mum, now Gran, teacher , dog owner and everything else means that there are times when my brain is simply “full” and trivial things (like whether I locked the back door or my own mobile number ) simply “drop out of the bottom” of my memory.
Now I know that I was right, according to this article in the DT this morning

FORGETTING where you put your keys or wallet does not mean you are losing your memory, scientists have claimed in a new book.
Instead, they say the brain forgets on purpose so that it can store other information.
Two academics, Dr Megan Sumeracki and Dr Althea Need Kaminske, have written a book, The Psychology of Memory, to explain why people lose household items and how we better remember names and numbers.

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