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Jan 31, 2024 · However, pet name mix-up seems to happen only with dogs. The study suggests people are far less likely to mix a person’s name with that of a cat, chinchilla or some other pet.
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. So she, and her ...
- Michelle Trudeau
Jan 17, 2017 · The cross-race effect, as psychologists call it, occurs when the aforementioned brain folder is one categorized by race. Thus, people will sometimes confuse, say, two Asian people with each other ...
Apr 28, 2024 · Calling your child by a sibling’s name is not a memory issue. “It’s neither due to forgetfulness nor aging. It’s more a sign of stress than of cognitive decline,” Dumas says. If you ...
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Nov 17, 2023 · We're more likely to confuse names that sound alike, or people who share— or shared—similar roles. "I say don't break up with someone because they called you the wrong name, you might be ...
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Jul 31, 2024 · A memory cue—perhaps a child’s backpack left on the couch—triggers a search for the child’s name. The memory system offers up multiple potential responses, then rejects all but the correct answer. The ability to reject wrong responses gets worse with age, which is one possible reason older adults more frequently mix up names, Mulligan said.
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Jul 23, 2024 · Mood can affect our memory too, says Deffler. More than 40 percent of the time, study participants reported that the person mixing up the name was tired, frustrated or angry. Trying to juggle multiple tasks at once likely increases the odds of making a naming mistake, Deffler said. Members only.
