Disclaimer:This is not a self help question, I am using myself as an example to illustrate my question.Example:I have posted many questions and answers on this site within a relatively short time. Frequently (and with my blessing) our Mod Jeromy will edit my question titles. He does not edit all of the titles.  I find myself browsing through the site, looking to upvote older questions, looking for unanswered questions. Sometimes (and too often) I come across a question and think, that's interesting, only to realise I posted the question. I do this with answers also. I think that's interesting and see I've posted it.I can surmise, it is because of the sheer volume, perhaps stress and the inability to process memory.  I am wondering if this is a known condition.Question: What causes this phenomena of failing to recognise one's own work?Is it a recognised condition?Which part of our brain is responsible for this?
Failing to recognise one's own work
perception;memory;performance;cognitive neuroscience;working memory
I would like to add a bit of terminology to @what's answer. Of course memory is a pretty big topic with different and sometimes conflicting theories and I would not consider myself an expert. Having this said, the distinction between Long Term Memory (LTM) and Working Memory is widely used, so I will use it, too. The problem that you describe in your question refers to LTM. Even if @what does not actually use the term LTM in his answer, everything he says does refer to LTM. Furthermore he refers to two procceses that play a role in memory: encoding and retrieval. Encoding vs. RetrievalEncoding is the process of getting something from Working Memory into LTM. A stimulus is not remembered as is, but rather it is processed. It might, for instance, be perceived as belonging to a certain category or it might have a strong emotional value (as @what suggested). This opens the door for quite a few theories of why some things are remembered better or faster than others.Retrieval is the process of getting something from LTM back into Working Memory, so that it can be used there. It is possible that one has something in LTM, but for some reason is not able to retrieve it. (In fact, it has been said that we don't actually forget things, but there are things that we cannot retrieve, as @what said.)LTM vs. Working MemoryTo get back to your question: Not being able to recognise something might be because of either one of those things. Either there was a problem with encoding, or there is/was a problem with retrieving. In any case, in my opinion it is not possible to explain this phenomenon using the concept of Working Memory, as you did in your answer.