Eli5: “What did I come into this room for again?..”, why do these occurrences become more frequent as you age?

Question

And what causes it? I never remember being young and having the issues but boy do I get em a lot now.

I’ll forget on the way, and pray I remember when I get there.

In: Biology

Answer 1

It’s called an “Event Boundary” partially compartmented memories in the brain and partly looking for danger in new surroundings.