Memory Glitches Explained

Your brain is actively sabotaging your memories right now. You didn't actually forget where you

parked your car, you just never paid attention to begin with so the file never saved.

That is encoding failure. Other times, old habits block new ones,

like when you can only remember your old phone number instead of the new one.

The worst is retrieval failure, which is exactly why you remember the answer to a

test question the second you walk out of the classroom. Whether it’s trauma, alcohol,

or just time, your mind deletes stuff to survive. So next time you blank on a name,

relax, your hard drive is just glitching out.