Why You Always Have Room for Dessert, and Other Weird Experiences EXPLAINED!

Have you ever wondered why you're too full to eat another bite of dinner, but you somehow find room for a whole piece of pie? Turns out there's a scientific reason for that! Join Hank Green for a fun new compilation from SciShow Psych where we dive into these weird human experiences, and find out just what causes them to occur!
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[@ghostnoodle9721]

Thank you Hank for still hosting after all this time

[@seanA416]

He's such a good host

[@AznPr1des]

@@seanA416 and a good lover

[@mem1701movies]

Doesn’t he get paid?

[@cutieetae3351]

Exactly I watched him on a science video when I was in the 9th-10th grade so like...7-8 years ago !

[@seanA416]

@@cutieetae3351 ah that's so cool!

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

"you can blame your brain" It sounds like blaming yourself with extra steps.

[@gypashinobi8513]

My brain: mek sense to me

[@liggerstuxin1]

Thanks Grandpa Rick

[@angelpacheco1359]

Am I not my brain?

[@JoseRojas-hl7sn]

@@angelpacheco1359 Yep, but saying "my brain" makes you feel deatached with whatever statement you make after

[@ethanwagner6418]

@@angelpacheco1359 The subconscious mind makes all decisions before the conscious mind is even aware that a decision has been made. So, are you your brain?

[@lamcho00]

It's because desert doesn't go in the stomach, it goes straight to your heart.

[@hiccuphufflepuff176]

As cholesterol?

[@Kryptnyt]

Dessert becomes blood

[@rin_okami]

And hips.

[@quinnkillen7731]

Heart of sand

[@FennecTheRabbit]

No, it goes in the special 2nd dessert stomach.

[@archaicgoddess]

The dessert segment is at the end

[@NobleSven]

Thanks fren

[@DavidJamesHenry]

24:38 to be exact

[@adams6782]

Thx!

[@dwakeling1]

Thanks friend*

[@bazoo513]

Of course it is.

[@therealpixie]

Don’t try to remember what you came for; remember the last thing you were doing in the other room. Works for me every time.

[@animeartist888]

Sometimes the latter fails me too, but it's definitely more effective than the prior.

[@OneEyedMaxi]

Yeah, I do this all the time and it has a way higher success ratio!

[@ChristianGeske-yn3mr]

I try to clear my mind of thoughts bad it ussually just pops into my head without

[@LiliAquinas]

Sometimes I have to walk through the house muttering about the thing I'm going to get from another room. I've never forgotten what I was going to get when I have done that, no matter how many doors I go through, or dogs I must pet, or even how many cats break the laws of the universe, as I'm passing through!

[@gracewiley3975]

I heard that if you spin around a couple times it helps you remember

[@SuperWowOMG123]

I worked at a market with a "walk-in" freezer, with two doorways before entering. Needless to say it was notorious for making people forget why we were there.

[@WhyMeeSooRandom]

yes walk in freezers are literally the worst.....you spent the most time in there trying to figure out why your in there

[@dellabrakefield3587]

Waffle house is has 4 doorways between the front and the inside freezer... we make lists 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

[@ThePrufessa]

​@@WhyMeeSooRandom that's crazy. I used to manage a Tim Hortons and now I can recall this happening often!!

[@bamflr]

My bakery's freezer is down the stairs and past two doors, not including the door to the freezer itself. If we're grabbing more than one or two things, better believe we're tucking a list into our pocket or heading back down for something we forgot later 💀

[@mrsbasia122]

Brain Freeze-r

[@musicaddict4214]

The section about having room for desert is at 24:38

[@Yatsukino]

Hero ❤️

[@LeandroCapstick]

Cheers mate

[@dead5074]

Thanks hero

[@marktaylor2087]

This comment should be closer to the top

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

Thank you Ma'am.

[@vitamink1028]

"If you're watching this you are probably human." *sad bot noises intensify*

[@sophiaruizuvalle2523]

My cat: annoyed

[@jameskaraganis2569]

Well, he did say "probably".

[@AngryKittens]

**annoyed**

[@aimanrohaizi8968]

**sad potato noises**

[@wmdkitty]

[shrug] My definition of "human" is fairly loose.

[@connorconnor2421]

*inhales* 1:01 - Do doorways actually make us forget things? 4:55 - Why can't I remember my dreams? 9:50 - Why is riding a bike "just like riding a bike?" 15:27 - The real reason you're always losing your keys 20:14 - How can your memory be tricked? 24:59 - Why do you always have room for dessert? wow, that was short

[@kniceg3651]

Thank you!! 🙏🙏

[@patrack7]

God bless 😩❤️

[@auri1075]

If you run back and forth enough times trough a doorway you will lose all your memory.

[@sivadasannarayanan1328]

“R key”

[@ginnyjollykidd]

😂😂😂

[@TucsonHat]

... Revolving doors

[@auri1075]

@@TucsonHat thats free alzheimers for ya'...

[@susheelkumar-yd4qi]

That's a cool way for humans to wipe the cache of their brains

[@rhov-anion]

I had to laugh at the memory part because I actually have announced aloud, "Hear ye, hear ye, the lady of the house has placed her purse on the table," or if I'm feeling more 20th century, "Extra, extra, purse lands on table, read all about it." I also shake my pill bottle right up beside my ear as I'm taking my seizure meds, because I have forgotten whether or not I took them dozens of times.

[@Plystire]

I get the "doorway effect" going from my living room to the kitchen, and there's no doorway between them. They're basically the same room, just separated by one having tile vs carpet and a breakfast bar that I have to walk around. So whatever this "update" our brains are doing is, it isn't restricted to doorways or small openings that we pass through. It may be the breakfast bar standing in for the doorway, but I feel it's more linked to the difference in purpose I've given these two areas. They may be physically the same room, but in my mind I'm moving to a new "place".

[@emilysmith2965]

Less explicit thresholds still do trigger this effect, though. You just named those areas two different things. That’s good enough.

[@mwater_moon2865]

Your brain recognizes patterns, and if one room has carpet vs the other having tile, that is VERY much a pattern change. We bought a house from a family that had a partially blind child and the rooms were painted VERY bright colors, and the carpet color changed in each room too. They included a carpet allowance in the price so we'd be able to change it out but the installer was delayed and we were painting the house ourselves so I didn't mind the extra time to work before the new stuff was coming in. I have never in my LIFE had so much trouble trying to keep track of what I intended to do next when traveling through that house, despite it being a very open floor plan. But once the carpet was replaced to be uniform that vanished, despite not having finished all the painting yet.

[@sketchur]

0:48 Yeah, it's called "The Sims player cancelled your action."

[@rogerhinman5427]

Doorway Effect: Walking into work and wondering why you need to go through this again today.

[@sixmonkeys4796]

Whenever my alarm goes off in the morning, my memories of what I dreamt instantly dissipate. Along with my will to live, my dignity and my faith in humanity.

[@innocentqwa4630]

Another trick I've been noticing when trying to scale back how much I crave snacks out of boredom while working from home is imagining a large meal like a stew and seeing if I still feel hungry. Most of the time I suddenly feel sickened like my body is telling me "Ew no, I'm not THAT hungry." If this is the case, was I really hungry to start with? Probably not. If it seems like a good idea though, maybe I am hungry and I should have an orange or some other food that's kind of a pain to eat because there's some small amount work or effort involved. Usually I don't even finish it.

[@thornback5641]

One thing I've found is sometimes its texture. Like doritos or chips most people could eat and eat. But if I do one of little 1oz 140cal takis snack packs between the crunch and the spice I feel 'satisfied' where as I legit could go through like half a bag of Doritos or like salt n vinegar kettle chips and and still feel I could eat more. Idk if its because they add more addictive chemicals then the Takis or what but I can get a 46pack of the 1oz Takis and it lasts like 6-7 months between my brother and I eating them. If chips/Doritos or any of that's in the house even as a multipack they don't last a month.

[@davidmcnay]

It’s originally called the Janus effect after Janus the two-faced Roman god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, and endings. It has been described since Roman times.

[@brewtalityk]

I walked into this room, and clicked this video because I forgot what I walked into this room for. This video reminded me that I forgot what I was doing. Thanks!

[@jerrin416]

I just realized, this video is literally an advertisement for their other channel, WHILST having it monetized.

[@crackeddoutt]

That's just smart.

[@lunakid12]

I wish all ads were quality edutainment though. BTW: ... yet no link to that other channel in the description? :-o Why is that?

[@Reirae]

I have very vivid dreams and remember them very well, and often get confused if something is a memory or was a dream 😅

[@maxpulido4268]

Yeah same. Sometimes I have dreams that pick up where another dream left off, and I wake up unsure of where I am or what to do, or I lose track of whether I'm awake or not. Eventually I accept the one where I'm awake for longer, or have more related memories in as the real one.

[@potatorandom1316]

SAMEE!!!

[@mcdade7489]

I wish

[@TheQwuilleran]

rip your rem cycle and sleep debt 😪

[@Reirae]

@@TheQwuilleran what do you mean

[@cyclenut]

Dreams - some time my dreams continue for a few seconds to 2 or 3 minutes after I wake, but only when I wake slowly. I see both dream and real world mixing.

[@rivitraven]

You're not alone. Most of the time people will try to finish or make up an ending to the dream when they wake up including myself. I think it's because most people want an ending to stories because it gives us mental clearance and allows our minds to move on.

[@Artifying]

They’re called hypnopompic hallucinations, or more simply, waking dreams. I have a lot of auditory and kinesthetic hallucinations right when I’m falling asleep. I often dream that someone is calling my name, while im still actually awake. If this is bothersome, it might be a sign of a sleep disorder like narcolepsy.

[@fart63]

I often have dreams where I hear my alarms and because of that I will wake up and start getting ready. I also have dreams of me getting up and getting ready, and because of that I will sleep in lol

[@brawlerlegend_ira9939]

The video: The doorway effect Me: Nah that's just us loading the next area lol

[@SimuLord]

My brain's loading screen goes on longer than Fallout 4.

[@user-be1lo1ef6m]

should've reduced the draw distance

[@heatherswanson1664]

@@user-be1lo1ef6m so like if your eyes are bad you can think more? Makes sense

[@keithyinger3326]

Forgetting what you went into a room for.. Error 404, File Not Found

[@user-be1lo1ef6m]

@@heatherswanson1664 idk ask blind people or something oh wait

[@carthius]

I remember when i was little i heard my mom tell me my grandma doesnt remember how to ride a bike b/c she hadnt ridden on in so long. Many years later come to find out she had Alzheimer's and Dementia... maybe they should of taken her forgetting how to ride a bike as a hint

[@wmdkitty]

I can't ride a bike, but I do understand how it works in theory even though my body won't do the thing? (No balance and bad motor control.)

[@sebastardd]

So I have ADHD and ASD, and as such my working memory is absolutely ATROCIOUS. What I would love to find out is specifically how brains like mine create and work with event models, because while I have definitely experienced forgetting things after walking through a door, I much more often will just forget when I haven't even necessarily moved. And it's not always because I'm taking in new information, sometimes I will literally forget what I was talking about /as I'm talking about it/. Given that ADHD and ASD so wildly change the fundamental way my brain is wired and how it functions in every cognitive aspect, I'm infinitely curious about how things like event models affect it/it affects them. We don't have a ton of knowledge about either yet, a lot of the information we've learned about them is relatively recent and there's just not a lot of studies being done that include ADHD or autistic people, so I doubt I'll know any time soon but it's fun to think about.

[@BigDonkMongo]

Ok so you just described the last 25 years of my existence better than I ever could. You also type in a way that my brain goes "yes." at. Thank you.

[@terranovarubacha5473]

It's also very rare for a study to include people with both autism and adhd. Since it's so common for them to be comorbid, this seems like a mistake or at least a lost opportunity

[@sebastardd]

@@terranovarubacha5473 Studies on autism already almost purposely exclude women and gender variant people, so it unfortunately will probably be a while before we see studies on comorbidity. A new DSM was released recently with updated autistic diagnostic criteria though, so maybe we'll see things get better sooner

[@kittycat3638]

YES what they said ^

[@alexandermcclure6185]

...bro this resonates so hard with me. just one more sign to add to the ever-growing list of signs i have adhd and should get it checked out.

[@kjs8719]

Oh, the juggling thing! I taught a bloke to juggle, and then he got a head injury and got temporary amnesia. He forgot learning to juggle, but he could still do it

[@stischer47]

Ah yes, forgetfulness. As when I was 19, introducing my mother to a friend, and forgetting her last name (the same as mine). To me she was Mom, not Mrs. anything.

[@elli3352]

I had a colleague and I went with her daughter to school. I didnt know back then that she was the mother of my classmate. One day the colleague asked me if I was in school with her daughter. I was like "what's her last name?" she was like "... The same as mine..." I felt really dumb in that moment. I kinda forgot how that works.

[@randomname7321]

🤨😶🤨

[@dragonskunkstudio7582]

When I walk in I just want to empty my pockets and sit on my chair. Notice that keys were not mentioned and I think that is what happens. Now I say it as I lay it, "I'm putting my keys on the TV stand" doing that, I now have a reference in my head and never lose my keys again... unless I forget to say where my keys are.

[@reynamoyer2379]

I've learned more from Scishow than most teachers. I love how you guys make a point to put up the words to read so ppl like me can hold on to the info better

[@GailGurman]

What about when you clearly remember something having happened and then think, "wait, is that a real memory, or was that a dream I had?" Then there's the opposite: I remember my dreams occasionally. Recently, I woke up and started looking up "congestive heart failure" on my tablet and checking symptoms. I "remembered" that a doctor had recently said I had it. Then gradually, I realized I had dreamt it. In fact, someone several years ago *had* thought I had CHF because of certain medications I take, but it's not true. Still, I was convinced of it for a few minutes after I woke up that morning. I even checked my online medical record just in case, but it wasn't there.

[@alexandermcclure6185]

Same kind of things happen to me with certain conversations; I'll talk to someone in one of my dreams, wake up, and swear I really talked to them until I try to remember the full experience and realize it was all a confusing dream.

[@jacobviator3118]

"Don't worry, your brain is doing things just right!" Clearly you've never met me....

[@skylark7921]

Ok the bit about motor memories was super interesting bc I took ballet on and off throughout my childhood. I got pretty good at it despite the spotty attendance. It’s been years since I had a lesson, but I can still remember what my muscles are supposed to be doing - even though I no longer have the strength, balance, or flexibility to properly execute the process. I even remember some of the choreography from my recital from eight years ago, even though I can’t really do it anymore just because of the physical state of my body. It’s so weird bc it’s like my brain knows exactly which signals to send, and then it’s just a matter of my muscles not being able to do it

[@helenamcginty4920]

I recall in my early nursing days coming across a lady with the beginnings of Parkinson's disease who stopped in the hospital doorways. The flooring changed just there. Also she had difficulty crossing the narrow bands of different colours that were in the floor design. We were told by experienced nurses that this was common in Parkinson's sufferers. No idea how true this is.

[@jeka8826]

When I know I'm going to forget something, I definitely announce it out loud. I want to get as many senses and people involved as possible, in hopes that one of them will remember it. So I'll make a big announcement to my family that I am putting the box on this particular shelf, saying it out loud several times while hearing myself say it and watching myself do it. Maybe I will remember the feeling of reaching up, or the sound of saying the words, or maybe telling myself this is something to pay attention to will be enough. If all that fails, someone else watched me put the box on the shelf and they also heard it was something to remember on purpose.

[@wallacefootrot6054]

25:00 is where the dessert segment is

[@Joostmhw]

Thank you for supplying me with more tools to self-destruct normal conversations

[@metaldude2410]

Me: *sad* Me: *sees hank* Me: *instantly happy*

[@ChromaticCluck]

The worst thing about dreams for me is when I wake up from one and then Im trying my best to try and recollect the information of the events I literally just witnessed and they just slowly slip away.

[@BL3446]

The best is when people tell you about these vivid memories they have from their childhood (sometimes even as like toddlers) and you cannot reason with them that these are most likely just stories passed from your parents. Like urban legends.

[@bladeoftheruinedking2543]

Hank is my favourite host, the first host I've seen on the first video I've watch on this channel

[@whitenoise509]

Writing down your dreams really does work. I used to never remember my dreams. It always felt to me like time wasted, having experiences and not remembering them. Since I started writing my dreams down I remember at least 5 a week. It's not a super useful talent, but it does mean that more of your conscious time is being utilized by your memory instead of being thrown away.

[@browdser]

The close up of Hank saying "Come on, have some fun!" 14:36

[@patrician3821]

The best moment 😁

[@twocvbloke]

I often find myself thinking about the hereafter; I walk into the other room, and wonder what I'm here after... :P

[@darksensei56]

I will now announce every single thing I do out loud with a Victorian accent.

[@BlinkinFirefly]

I have always found it utterly BAFFLING when I walk into a room and completely forget why I was there. Just standing there in a stupor lol. I've had to go back to the room before and retrace my steps to remember. Cool stuff, SciShow!

[@Evaisa]

Huh, so basically my brain is running out of RAM, I guess I should go download some more.

[@munirahbakar4123]

My mom compresses her memories. Sometimes 2-3 events are combined into the same file!

[@alexandermcclure6185]

nah, just save memory.png as memory.jpeg. that'll save plenty of space. save the old files you don't need in a .zip folder too. enlarge your memory instantly.

[@bryanalysis]

Nice to have a scientific explanation for my 2nd d̶e̶s̶e̶r̶t̶ dessert stomach.

[@bonbin6053]

Bruh I say the same thing

[@jasondeutschbein8102]

Desert stomach? Do you eat a lot of sand?

[@bryanalysis]

@@jasondeutschbein8102 🤦

[@jasondeutschbein8102]

@@bryanalysis I was only having fun. 😁

[@alexandermcclure6185]

@@jasondeutschbein8102 I do. I sh*t glass. oof ouch my insides are filled with bone hurting juice * The glass is missing the boron half of borosilicate. It's probably good enough.

[@DanimeCafe]

I love every article discussed in the video. Especially the one with the turtles dreaming about where they left their food.

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

19:20 I have around 4 designated places that I can mindlessly set my keys, but if I set them down in ANY other place, I do the trick of announcing where I put them. As a result, I rarely lose my keys.

[@johnkabiro7098]

I'm so impressed the rate btc has perform this year 🚀🚀

[@tonywells9608]

Stocks are good but crypto is more profitable

[@genitarraw5463]

I wanted to trade crypto but got confused by the fluctuations in price

[@genitarraw5463]

I heard that his strategies are really good

[@michaelken2965]

He's obviously the best I invested 2000USD with him and in 9 days I made a profit of 9101USD

[@no-ke4jl]

He has really made a good name for himself

[@lukefuller284]

I got an anti-bedwetting pajama advertisement shortly after Hank suggested the water drinking trick. Well played, Algorithm.

[@gamingnerd3476]

@@ContentConfessional they probably don’t prevent it. They’re probably double walled and super absorbent, so it absorbs the pee but doesn’t leak onto the bed

[@YourFriend_Ben]

This was great to hear the psychology of "Location Update Effect"! Sometimes when I know I have to go to the garage to fetch the hammer, I start to mime the motion of hammering with my hand (twisting for screwdriver). There has been a few times I really had to rely on it, forgetting what I needed to fetch when entering the garage.

[@nikmohamed5906]

Location update effect is happening way too often for me 😂 I have ADHD and miming the gesture is absolutely how I supplement my forgetful brain

[@MysteryCorgi_VN]

This just made me remember that I literally did forget how to ride a bike and ended up crashing pretty hilariously into a rose bush. If I recall correctly, it was about 6 years between not riding and resuming. I had really bad motor memory until I got older, so I wonder if it was that.

[@LtexprsGaming]

Hank: "If you're watching this you are probably a human." Me: "Alien Screech" *translated* "how did he know I was an alien?"

[@jerryhasplans6558]

''If your watching this your probably a human.'' my cat:

[@BlinkinFirefly]

i aint even mad you put your instead of you're XD

[@Gee_willikers12]

Hank green is literally my idol

[@honningbie2724]

I don’t watch these often but I just felt compelled to watch this one not even realizing Hank was hosting this one

[@Cenobyte40k]

If I forget something when i walk into a room, I seem to mostly remember what it was when I go back.

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

same. I have to leave the room to remember again.

[@Cenobyte40k]

@@maythesciencebewithyou I have found myself walking back and forth forgetting the same thing over and over... Then again I am ADD as heck too.

[@xzxzojkeymtzxzx7712]

same, esp if i walk backwards

[@RazoE]

I always put my keys and wallet in my shoes because I'll never forget those

[@zacharyjackson7584]

Great tip for sure!!!

[@STORMDAME]

My husband legit took me out for dinner and forgot his shoes. They were new and not comfy so he had a plan to put them on when he got out of the car but he didn't put them in the car..

[@RazoE]

@@STORMDAME "I'm not even angry, I'm impressed"

[@sshum00]

Thank you for answering something I never thought to ask.

[@Tralfazz74]

The doorway makes sense to me~ just as sleeping is a reset for everything experienced in a day, going through a door is a stimulus reset. You knew all the surroundings in one room, but in entering a different room, your brain, body, eyes, ears, equilibrium, all have to take stock

[@iLLeag7e]

What if I subconsciously know I need more exercise but going outside exposes me to pain level spikes that I cannot sustain any longer, so my brain just tricks me into thinking I need something in the next room 140 times a day so that I'll walk a total of 2.4 miles without me realizing I'm getting healthy & not screwing it up by taking control? Secretly genius

[@ginnyjollykidd]

You can train yourself to remember your dreams. Keeping a dream journal helps me. When I wake up, I'll write down whatever I can remember even if it's that I dreamed but I don't remember. The simple act of writing my dreams down can bring back more detail, and I can write that down.

[@shiNIN42]

The problem is I don't remember my dream even for half a second... If I do, I can even wait a bit, I don't forget it so easily. So the tips in the video can't help me :( Tried to get lucid dreams for a while and nothing :(

[@HolldollMcG]

Motor /muscle memory is so cool. I can attest to what you said about playing piano. When I haven't played the piano in a while, the best way for me to remember how to play a particular piece is to focus on counting and let my fingers remember their patterns.

[@maryrosekent8223]

Hank, I love the two shirts-the T and open long-sleeve shirts is a classic look, and I especially like bright-pink-with-orangey-(Cal?)-bear topped with the very flowy rayon B&W palm-tree theme!

[@kevinwilliams6337]

its amazing how good this host's hank impression is, maybe better than the others

[@EnigmaticLucas]

“Probably”

[@user-iy9di5dd2t]

Wat are you tlaking sbiut i mens I think I’m hunan

[@metaldude2410]

@@user-iy9di5dd2t I dont speak japanese

[@user-iy9di5dd2t]

@@metaldude2410 ggggggggg

[@Azure888]

I really love this channel!!! Thanks so much!

[@Glitch_Online]

I love these compilations!. Thanks so much

[@Direwolf_Gamer]

If your keys are on a little stool I suggest gloves. "Now where are my gloves?". 😂

[@geuwglesuxballz6074]

I almost never have room for dessert.

[@mrnice4434]

I feel sorry for you :(

[@MrMaximumprime]

Same, I think they are overrated LOL I dont really have a sweet tooth.

[@geuwglesuxballz6074]

@@mrnice4434 Why? What can i do to cheer you up?

[@SchmegmaOnToast]

I tend to over-eat, so by the time the server asks, my stomach is at full capacity

[@elainebelzDetroit]

Some fascinating memory-related things I've seen in my own life: My sister & I were very close growing up, and close in age (1.5 years). Like, once she came in my bedroom & asked if she could borrow "that shirt" and I pulled out the one she wanted, and there was nothing previously significant to us about it (nothing that made it *that* shirt). Anyway, all my life I've had moments where I'm telling someone something that happened to me and then suddenly realize, with embarrassment, that it happened to my sister, not me, and I wasn't even present. Yet I recall it so vividly - then again, I tend to visualize stories I read or am told. (Eventually, I learned to just keep telling the story as if it happened to me, as long as it didn't really matter who it happened to. Why disturb a good story, right?) The other thing was when my dad's Alzheimer's was pretty advanced, it changed his taste in foods. He'd always loved pizza, pistachios, and Sen-Sens (a weird candy they don't make anymore - and the last packet I ever bought is buried with him, unopened). Well, at this point, he didn't anymore. I gave him some pistachios, and he seemed to have never seen them before, and approached them like he was trying something new (he was nonverbal at this point). But he seemingly-instinctively opened the shell and removed the nut. Put it in his mouth, made a face, and took it back out, which made me sad...but it was really interesting that he didn't know he knew the nut, and yet knew how to eat it. I guess that's the muscle memory!

[@feralbluee]

the dessert segment was fascinating and the host was really good (it takes a well modulated voice and know just speed to talk so to keep one’s attention, but not too fast to be able to comprehend. and everyone at SciShow is great at this.). this guy is new, to me, so he’s dessert. LOL (figuratively not literally, people!!! 😋)

[@tonyoliver4920]

Forgetfulness: I can’t remember names. I recognise the face where and when I met the person but not the name. I also never loose my keys and can always remember where the sticky tape, scissors or that metal clip thing that’s in the 3rd drawer, in the plastic thing under the stairs

[@deborahbloom4624]

I can tell you why I always have room for dessert before I even watch this video......I have a separate dessert stomach!

[@BlinkinFirefly]

right? i have room for dessert because it's DESSERT! no explanation needed XD loll

[@Manj_J]

The extra 's' in 'dessert' is not just for 'sugar' but also for 'stomach', as in, the 'separate dessert stomach' XD

[@FirebalOne]

I keep an everyday journal of my day. Even if it’s nothing cool, fun, or entertaining. I do this just because I want to be able to remember or think to myself that happened. I don’t remember but good to know. 😊

[@tinaflintstone8148]

I love the way this guy explains things! He does more than just narrate. He explains the subject with strong emphasis on certain words, making it clear, easier to understand, and much more interesting. Thanks guy with the interesting shirts! You do a great job! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@peggywoods4327]

"Doorway effect" known in the restaurant business as "walk-in disease"

[@bobman929]

The next time I tie my shoes I'm going to leave one and totally ruin whoever was watching me do it

[@cmoser22]

Juggling is fantastic. Learned over quarantine.

[@h7opolo]

love hank and all the hosts on this awesome channel.

[@equesdeventusoccasus]

When I go to a event where I am given food to take with me, I always put my keys on top of the food. This way I cannot leave without remembering the food I was supposed to take with me.

[@DeadbeatDuder]

I once did this and forgot my food and my keys both.

[@equesdeventusoccasus]

@@DeadbeatDuder sounds like one hell of a party.

[@KevKev691]

Ahhh so norepinephrine is the reason I remember every embarrassing moment of my life

[@HolldollMcG]

18:03 when I need to remember a particular small thing, I point at it or at the object to which a task is attached.

[@chriscock6584]

Every once in awhile, I'll be going along my day, everything is normal, and out of nowhere in a flash instant, I remember a dream that I had forgotten or never even remembered days, months, years and even decades ago. It's like a punch in the mental gut and leaves me in a WTF moment. On even rarer occasions, I've experienced the inverse, remembering a real-life event that happened years ago in a dream.

[@christopheratkins6640]

We all just gonna ignore Hank’s shirt then?

[@caitlin7311]

Does anyone else forget what they’re looking for and have to keep reminding yourself about it? Or is this an ADHD thing? Idk.

[@anonymousfellow8879]

I think everyone has it, but it’s probably more frequent for neurodivergant folks (adhd, autism spectrum, etc)

[@Butterfly1025A]

ADHD makes you more easily derailed from a course of action bc your focus can be easily and entirely shifted to another topic, but everyone can get distracted.

[@thedeepestdive9430]

I LOVE YOU HANK Sci show is literally all I watch anymore.

[@abrahamhorowitz8374]

😂😂😂😂 Dude, I had 3 commentaries in my head and two side tangents about how the inner monologue topic applies to me. Definitely fascinating. I was really surprised there are people who don't have one at all.

[@Pokemc0831]

I still remember a dream that I had when I was in freshman year of high school. I remember it as if it actually happened

[@SamanthaClayman]

I honestly don’t always have room for dessert. It depends how much I eat during my meal.

[@Kiwi2703]

Same here. I almost never have room for a dessert. I don't know how other people do it. I have to wait at least an hour after eating to eat anything else, otherwise I feel full and sick.

[@jogold867]

Same here. I guess I'm just really aware of my fullness vs being tired of what I'm eating. My mom is always suprised when I don't want dessert despite loving sweets.

[@pheart2381]

Same,not keen on the stuffed feeling.

[@DanielSHIRO]

That forgetful tab would have helped me so much if i saw this 2 years ago… it’s spot on and I don’t think she missed anything. I had most of those problems but just recently corrected myself and am clean and neatly neat. I can recall all of my stuff

[@RAMBO14001]

Very interesting episode!

[@mikeroberti4574]

So when the wife starts nagging at you, just say “ok, honey, you’re right, follow me” and walk through a doorway and hope for the best. 😄

[@ScribaeEducantum]

“Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.” - Isabelle Lafleche

[@vitaminlee23]

Dessert segment at 24:40 😊

[@Lilskeevs]

Hank and the crew are real legends❤️💯 also HANK THOSE SHIRTS ARE BOTH AMAZING

[@TheYoutubeGuitarist]

First

[@theonewill4262]

Hi

[@darraghtate440]

Congratulations. The bards will sing of this for generations to come.

[@TheYoutubeGuitarist]

@@darraghtate440 yessir :)

[@gypashinobi8513]

Am I the only one who thought Hank was wearing Drip, the split second, I opened the video.

[@carlygallagher1387]

Happy to see Brit back!! I loved her solo show.

[@KnightRaymund]

Solo show?

[@hannahmore9118]

I only remember important dreams. And I never lose my keys, because I always put them back in the same place every single time. Moms always know where everything is. Talk about that! And "fullness" is a function of nutrition, not volume, of food eaten.

[@Fomites]

Indeed - it's important to have standard positions for keeping things and not deviating from this. It's similar to having standard procedures for say, flying aircraft (I'm a former pilot), performing surgery or even driving.