The Causes Why Humans Cannot Remember Simple Things

Then during the pandemic, the majority did the same thing over and over again, so the brain became 'numb' to certain memories.

"When all our experiences come together, it's hard to remember any of them as different," says Zachariah Reagh, a cognitive neuroscientist and assistant professor of psychology and brain science at the University of Washington, US.

Memory declines with age, but medical science is not clear on exactly when. People age cognitively at different rates. Some studies reveal that memory peaks in the 20s and gradually declines, and then declines sharply starting around the 60.