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The reason why you can't find your car keys

Every driver has fallen victim to the curse. Barely seconds after coming in with the shopping, you haven't a clue where you left your car keys.

Now scientists believe they know why so many of us have such poor short-term memories. They say we can recall only four objects at a time - so if we put down the keys in a cluttered area, we are more likely to forget where they are. Professor Rene Marois explained: 'Though we have the impression we are taking in a great deal of information from a visual scene, we are actually very poor at remembering its contents in detail once it is gone from our sight.

'We found that the upper limit for visual short-term memory is just four objects. So if you come in and put your keys down with a load of shopping bags on a crowded table or worktop then you could find yourself almost immediately having problems remembering where you put them. Once you have turned away to do something else, the visual image of the keys in a certain location will be quickly replaced because they are in an area with more than four items.'

On car keys, the professor advised: 'We should put them somewhere less crowded if we want to find them again.'