Our memory can often fail us when recalling details such as colours and locations, and now we may know why Roos Koole/Getty Images
Have you ever forgotten items when trying to recall a shopping list? Or dialled the wrong phone number when attempting to memorise one? The brain mechanisms that cause us to draw a blank in such situations have been identified by scientists in a surprising discovery.
Our so-called working memory retains small pieces of information that are readily accessible for planning, understanding and solving problems in scenarios like these. But it…
