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- Though this might sometimes be embarrassing, a new study suggests mixing up people’s names is completely normal and by no means a sign of bad memory or aging. In fact, it may be something deeply ingrained in our brains.
www.zmescience.com/feature-post/health/mind-brain/mixing-people-names/Why we mix people’s names: science says it’s because you ...
Jan 16, 2017 · A lot of people mix up children's names or friends' names, but Deffler is a cognitive scientist at Rollins College, in Winter Park, Fla., and she wanted to find out why it happens.
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Jan 17, 2017 · Cognitive scientist Samantha Deffler, from Rollins College in Florida, discovered after surveying 1,700 participants that mixing up people's names is more common than we knew.
There’s no shame if you misname. Mixing up your children’s names (or even calling your kid the name of your family dog) isn’t necessarily cause for concern, one expert asserts.
Sep 29, 2020 · There’s an old brain teaser that goes, “What belongs to you, but others use it more than you?” Let me save you a few minutes of thinking over this riddle: the answer is your name. Names say a lot through a few letters; they can signify our cultural or ethnic backgrounds and gender expression, honor...
Nov 17, 2023 · Why do we mix up people's names? MINNEAPOLIS — Have you ever called someone the wrong name, or maybe you list off each of your kids before you get to the right one? We've all done it.
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Definitely no abuse in this case. However I can also see how brutal it could be for other people in specific situations, even if it's not intentional. Say you keep mixing up your partner's and your ex-partner's name. Or siblings who feel like the other one is the golden child.
