Have you ever walked into a room and then wondered why you went there?
If you’ve experienced this phenomenon, you’ve had a prospective memory lapse.
Memory usually means remembering things that have already happened. But prospective memory is the ability to remember to do something in the future – such as stopping to get milk on the way home from work, calling your mom on her birthday or remembering to take your...
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