Here's What It Means When You Experience A Brain Fart

According to Medical Daily, brain farts happen to all of us despite age, but our natural ability to focus can cause them to happen more often in people with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or other learning disabilities.

"Most of the time we are multitasking in our minds, and when we do common activities and repetitive tasks our brains go into default mode," Dr. Michelle Braun, a neuropsychologist, told Medical Daily. "What you have to do is pay more attention to these mundane daily tasks and what it is you are trying to remember."

According to Mashable, brain farts can have a linguistic origin having to do with our brain's ability to retrieve words. Mashable reported that studies show that younger adults between the ages of 18-22 experience brain farts one or two times a week, and for older adults that number doubles.

"It's really hard to say what causes it," Gary Small, M.D., a professor of psychiatry and aging at UCLA's Semel Institute, told Mashable. "I don't think we've had enough research on it. But we do know that as our brains age, our neurons don't communicate as effectively as they did when they were younger ... The retrieval process becomes less efficient."