ND-0519 · 2011 · Other
Walking through Doorways Causes Forgetting: Further Explorations
Radvansky, Krawietz, Tamplin. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 2011.
doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2011.571267 · Finding drafted from the abstract
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What the source reports
Memory for objects fell after people moved to a new room, and returning to the original room did not restore it.
Design questions and applications
Do not rely on people carrying instructions across a threshold.
Field
Thresholds, doors and boundaries
Notes and follow-up
Added from the Corpus Desk (card radvansky-2011-walking-through) on 2026-11-09. Evidence strength and translation distance not yet rated. WELL label held for review.
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