Eli5: why is it so hard to recall a heated argument play by play of what happened? Sort of like blackout rage. Why does it feel like the brain turns off?

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Eli5: why is it so hard to recall a heated argument play by play of what happened? Sort of like blackout rage. Why does it feel like the brain turns off?

In: Biology

Answer 1

>Why does it feel like the brain turns off?

Because it essentially does, at least in some respects. Emotions and hormones (ever slept with someone you *knew* you shouldn’t have?) have a tendency to override the logical aspects of our brain…and that can, and usually does, affect memory as well:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4050437/