– how come we can remember lyrics of songs heard 10, maybe 20 years ago but we forget to remove the tea bag from the cup ?

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– how come we can remember lyrics of songs heard 10, maybe 20 years ago but we forget to remove the tea bag from the cup ?

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Answer 1

If you want to learn a lot about this in a painless way, read Remember by Lisa Genova. Great book and addresses this in depth. Mostly, you don’t pay attention to small tasks like this long enough to create a memory, so it disappears from your working memory in about 30 seconds