Why You Always Have Room for Dessert, and Other Weird Experiences EXPLAINED! 

It's because desert doesn't go in the stomach, it goes straight to your heart.

Thank you Hank for still hosting after all this time

"you can blame your brain" It sounds like blaming yourself with extra steps.

Don’t try to remember what you came for; remember the last thing you were doing in the other room. Works for me every time.

I worked at a market with a "walk-in" freezer, with two doorways before entering. Needless to say it was notorious for making people forget why we were there.

The dessert segment is at the end

If you run back and forth enough times trough a doorway you will lose all your memory.

"If you're watching this you are probably human." *sad bot noises intensify*

I get the "doorway effect" going from my living room to the kitchen, and there's no doorway between them. They're basically the same room, just separated by one having tile vs carpet and a breakfast bar that I have to walk around. So whatever this "update" our brains are doing is, it isn't restricted to doorways or small openings that we pass through. It may be the breakfast bar standing in for the doorway, but I feel it's more linked to the difference in purpose I've given these two areas. They may be physically the same room, but in my mind I'm moving to a new "place".

The section about having room for desert is at 24:38

*inhales* 1:01 - Do doorways actually make us forget things? 4:55 - Why can't I remember my dreams? 9:50 - Why is riding a bike "just like riding a bike?" 15:27 - The real reason you're always losing your keys 20:14 - How can your memory be tricked? 24:59 - Why do you always have room for dessert? wow, that was short

Doorway Effect: Walking into work and wondering why you need to go through this again today.

I had to laugh at the memory part because I actually have announced aloud, "Hear ye, hear ye, the lady of the house has placed her purse on the table," or if I'm feeling more 20th century, "Extra, extra, purse lands on table, read all about it." I also shake my pill bottle right up beside my ear as I'm taking my seizure meds, because I have forgotten whether or not I took them dozens of times.

0:48 Yeah, it's called "The Sims player cancelled your action."

I walked into this room, and clicked this video because I forgot what I walked into this room for. This video reminded me that I forgot what I was doing. Thanks!

It’s originally called the Janus effect after Janus the two-faced Roman god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, and endings. It has been described since Roman times.

Whenever my alarm goes off in the morning, my memories of what I dreamt instantly dissipate. Along with my will to live, my dignity and my faith in humanity.

Another trick I've been noticing when trying to scale back how much I crave snacks out of boredom while working from home is imagining a large meal like a stew and seeing if I still feel hungry. Most of the time I suddenly feel sickened like my body is telling me "Ew no, I'm not THAT hungry." If this is the case, was I really hungry to start with? Probably not. If it seems like a good idea though, maybe I am hungry and I should have an orange or some other food that's kind of a pain to eat because there's some small amount work or effort involved. Usually I don't even finish it.

Dreams - some time my dreams continue for a few seconds to 2 or 3 minutes after I wake, but only when I wake slowly. I see both dream and real world mixing.

I remember when i was little i heard my mom tell me my grandma doesnt remember how to ride a bike b/c she hadnt ridden on in so long. Many years later come to find out she had Alzheimer's and Dementia... maybe they should of taken her forgetting how to ride a bike as a hint

I have very vivid dreams and remember them very well, and often get confused if something is a memory or was a dream 😅

I've learned more from Scishow than most teachers. I love how you guys make a point to put up the words to read so ppl like me can hold on to the info better

The video: The doorway effect Me: Nah that's just us loading the next area lol

I just realized, this video is literally an advertisement for their other channel, WHILST having it monetized.

Ah yes, forgetfulness. As when I was 19, introducing my mother to a friend, and forgetting her last name (the same as mine). To me she was Mom, not Mrs. anything.

Oh, the juggling thing! I taught a bloke to juggle, and then he got a head injury and got temporary amnesia. He forgot learning to juggle, but he could still do it

When I walk in I just want to empty my pockets and sit on my chair. Notice that keys were not mentioned and I think that is what happens. Now I say it as I lay it, "I'm putting my keys on the TV stand" doing that, I now have a reference in my head and never lose my keys again... unless I forget to say where my keys are.

So I have ADHD and ASD, and as such my working memory is absolutely ATROCIOUS. What I would love to find out is specifically how brains like mine create and work with event models, because while I have definitely experienced forgetting things after walking through a door, I much more often will just forget when I haven't even necessarily moved. And it's not always because I'm taking in new information, sometimes I will literally forget what I was talking about /as I'm talking about it/. Given that ADHD and ASD so wildly change the fundamental way my brain is wired and how it functions in every cognitive aspect, I'm infinitely curious about how things like event models affect it/it affects them. We don't have a ton of knowledge about either yet, a lot of the information we've learned about them is relatively recent and there's just not a lot of studies being done that include ADHD or autistic people, so I doubt I'll know any time soon but it's fun to think about.

"Don't worry, your brain is doing things just right!" Clearly you've never met me....

What about when you clearly remember something having happened and then think, "wait, is that a real memory, or was that a dream I had?" Then there's the opposite: I remember my dreams occasionally. Recently, I woke up and started looking up "congestive heart failure" on my tablet and checking symptoms. I "remembered" that a doctor had recently said I had it. Then gradually, I realized I had dreamt it. In fact, someone several years ago *had* thought I had CHF because of certain medications I take, but it's not true. Still, I was convinced of it for a few minutes after I woke up that morning. I even checked my online medical record just in case, but it wasn't there.

Thank you for supplying me with more tools to self-destruct normal conversations

Ok the bit about motor memories was super interesting bc I took ballet on and off throughout my childhood. I got pretty good at it despite the spotty attendance. It’s been years since I had a lesson, but I can still remember what my muscles are supposed to be doing - even though I no longer have the strength, balance, or flexibility to properly execute the process. I even remember some of the choreography from my recital from eight years ago, even though I can’t really do it anymore just because of the physical state of my body. It’s so weird bc it’s like my brain knows exactly which signals to send, and then it’s just a matter of my muscles not being able to do it

When I know I'm going to forget something, I definitely announce it out loud. I want to get as many senses and people involved as possible, in hopes that one of them will remember it. So I'll make a big announcement to my family that I am putting the box on this particular shelf, saying it out loud several times while hearing myself say it and watching myself do it. Maybe I will remember the feeling of reaching up, or the sound of saying the words, or maybe telling myself this is something to pay attention to will be enough. If all that fails, someone else watched me put the box on the shelf and they also heard it was something to remember on purpose.

Me: *sad* Me: *sees hank* Me: *instantly happy*

I recall in my early nursing days coming across a lady with the beginnings of Parkinson's disease who stopped in the hospital doorways. The flooring changed just there. Also she had difficulty crossing the narrow bands of different colours that were in the floor design. We were told by experienced nurses that this was common in Parkinson's sufferers. No idea how true this is.

I love every article discussed in the video. Especially the one with the turtles dreaming about where they left their food.

The worst thing about dreams for me is when I wake up from one and then Im trying my best to try and recollect the information of the events I literally just witnessed and they just slowly slip away.

The best is when people tell you about these vivid memories they have from their childhood (sometimes even as like toddlers) and you cannot reason with them that these are most likely just stories passed from your parents. Like urban legends.

I will now announce every single thing I do out loud with a Victorian accent.

Huh, so basically my brain is running out of RAM, I guess I should go download some more.

Nice to have a scientific explanation for my 2nd d̶e̶s̶e̶r̶t̶ dessert stomach.

Writing down your dreams really does work. I used to never remember my dreams. It always felt to me like time wasted, having experiences and not remembering them. Since I started writing my dreams down I remember at least 5 a week. It's not a super useful talent, but it does mean that more of your conscious time is being utilized by your memory instead of being thrown away.

The close up of Hank saying "Come on, have some fun!" 14:36

I often find myself thinking about the hereafter; I walk into the other room, and wonder what I'm here after... :P

I got an anti-bedwetting pajama advertisement shortly after Hank suggested the water drinking trick. Well played, Algorithm.

If I forget something when i walk into a room, I seem to mostly remember what it was when I go back.

Motor /muscle memory is so cool. I can attest to what you said about playing piano. When I haven't played the piano in a while, the best way for me to remember how to play a particular piece is to focus on counting and let my fingers remember their patterns.

Hank is my favourite host, the first host I've seen on the first video I've watch on this channel

Hank: "If you're watching this you are probably a human." Me: "Alien Screech" *translated* "how did he know I was an alien?"

''If your watching this your probably a human.'' my cat:

Thank you for answering something I never thought to ask.

Hank, I love the two shirts-the T and open long-sleeve shirts is a classic look, and I especially like bright-pink-with-orangey-(Cal?)-bear topped with the very flowy rayon B&W palm-tree theme!

I always put my keys and wallet in my shoes because I'll never forget those

25:00 is where the dessert segment is

I love these compilations!. Thanks so much

I love the way this guy explains things! He does more than just narrate. He explains the subject with strong emphasis on certain words, making it clear, easier to understand, and much more interesting. Thanks guy with the interesting shirts! You do a great job! ❤❤❤❤❤

What if I subconsciously know I need more exercise but going outside exposes me to pain level spikes that I cannot sustain any longer, so my brain just tricks me into thinking I need something in the next room 140 times a day so that I'll walk a total of 2.4 miles without me realizing I'm getting healthy & not screwing it up by taking control? Secretly genius

I almost never have room for dessert.

This was great to hear the psychology of "Location Update Effect"! Sometimes when I know I have to go to the garage to fetch the hammer, I start to mime the motion of hammering with my hand (twisting for screwdriver). There has been a few times I really had to rely on it, forgetting what I needed to fetch when entering the garage.

I LOVE YOU HANK Sci show is literally all I watch anymore.

“Probably”

The next time I tie my shoes I'm going to leave one and totally ruin whoever was watching me do it

I have always found it utterly BAFFLING when I walk into a room and completely forget why I was there. Just standing there in a stupor lol. I've had to go back to the room before and retrace my steps to remember. Cool stuff, SciShow!

I really love this channel!!! Thanks so much!

Forgetfulness: I can’t remember names. I recognise the face where and when I met the person but not the name. I also never loose my keys and can always remember where the sticky tape, scissors or that metal clip thing that’s in the 3rd drawer, in the plastic thing under the stairs

You can train yourself to remember your dreams. Keeping a dream journal helps me. When I wake up, I'll write down whatever I can remember even if it's that I dreamed but I don't remember. The simple act of writing my dreams down can bring back more detail, and I can write that down.

Hank green is literally my idol

This just made me remember that I literally did forget how to ride a bike and ended up crashing pretty hilariously into a rose bush. If I recall correctly, it was about 6 years between not riding and resuming. I had really bad motor memory until I got older, so I wonder if it was that.

I can tell you why I always have room for dessert before I even watch this video......I have a separate dessert stomach!

When I go to a event where I am given food to take with me, I always put my keys on top of the food. This way I cannot leave without remembering the food I was supposed to take with me.

19:20 I have around 4 designated places that I can mindlessly set my keys, but if I set them down in ANY other place, I do the trick of announcing where I put them. As a result, I rarely lose my keys.

I don’t watch these often but I just felt compelled to watch this one not even realizing Hank was hosting this one

If your keys are on a little stool I suggest gloves. "Now where are my gloves?". 😂

"Doorway effect" known in the restaurant business as "walk-in disease"

love hank and all the hosts on this awesome channel.

Best video format ever

its amazing how good this host's hank impression is, maybe better than the others

Ahhh so norepinephrine is the reason I remember every embarrassing moment of my life

Very interesting episode!

Juggling is fantastic. Learned over quarantine.

I still remember a dream that I had when I was in freshman year of high school. I remember it as if it actually happened

Does anyone else forget what they’re looking for and have to keep reminding yourself about it? Or is this an ADHD thing? Idk.

The doorway makes sense to me~ just as sleeping is a reset for everything experienced in a day, going through a door is a stimulus reset. You knew all the surroundings in one room, but in entering a different room, your brain, body, eyes, ears, equilibrium, all have to take stock

Every once in awhile, I'll be going along my day, everything is normal, and out of nowhere in a flash instant, I remember a dream that I had forgotten or never even remembered days, months, years and even decades ago. It's like a punch in the mental gut and leaves me in a WTF moment. On even rarer occasions, I've experienced the inverse, remembering a real-life event that happened years ago in a dream.

We all just gonna ignore Hank’s shirt then?

I honestly don’t always have room for dessert. It depends how much I eat during my meal.

Some fascinating memory-related things I've seen in my own life: My sister & I were very close growing up, and close in age (1.5 years). Like, once she came in my bedroom & asked if she could borrow "that shirt" and I pulled out the one she wanted, and there was nothing previously significant to us about it (nothing that made it *that* shirt). Anyway, all my life I've had moments where I'm telling someone something that happened to me and then suddenly realize, with embarrassment, that it happened to my sister, not me, and I wasn't even present. Yet I recall it so vividly - then again, I tend to visualize stories I read or am told. (Eventually, I learned to just keep telling the story as if it happened to me, as long as it didn't really matter who it happened to. Why disturb a good story, right?) The other thing was when my dad's Alzheimer's was pretty advanced, it changed his taste in foods. He'd always loved pizza, pistachios, and Sen-Sens (a weird candy they don't make anymore - and the last packet I ever bought is buried with him, unopened). Well, at this point, he didn't anymore. I gave him some pistachios, and he seemed to have never seen them before, and approached them like he was trying something new (he was nonverbal at this point). But he seemingly-instinctively opened the shell and removed the nut. Put it in his mouth, made a face, and took it back out, which made me sad...but it was really interesting that he didn't know he knew the nut, and yet knew how to eat it. I guess that's the muscle memory!

the scishow team is so perfect

“Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.” - Isabelle Lafleche

So when the wife starts nagging at you, just say “ok, honey, you’re right, follow me” and walk through a doorway and hope for the best. 😄

This has been interesting!

the dessert segment was fascinating and the host was really good (it takes a well modulated voice and know just speed to talk so to keep one’s attention, but not too fast to be able to comprehend. and everyone at SciShow is great at this.). this guy is new, to me, so he’s dessert. LOL (figuratively not literally, people!!! 😋)

I'm so impressed the rate btc has perform this year 🚀🚀

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That forgetful tab would have helped me so much if i saw this 2 years ago… it’s spot on and I don’t think she missed anything. I had most of those problems but just recently corrected myself and am clean and neatly neat. I can recall all of my stuff

Hank and the crew are real legends❤️💯 also HANK THOSE SHIRTS ARE BOTH AMAZING

Am I the only one who thought Hank was wearing Drip, the split second, I opened the video.

Thank you

This was so enjoyable and I've stayed up too late watching.

Damn, this episode was a good one! I never commented this much on anything lol good stuff!