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  1. Sep 15, 2024 · The Brain’s Name Game: Cognitive Mechanisms Behind Naming Errors. To understand why we sometimes call people by the wrong name, we need to take a peek under the hood of our cognitive processes. It’s like trying to solve a puzzle with missing pieces – our brains are working overtime to fill in the gaps.

  2. Dec 1, 2017 · Although most of us are usually able to name others, it may happen that we fail to recall someone’s name at the right moment (for recent reviews see Brédart, 2016, Hanley, 2014), or even, that we call someone by the wrong name (Brédart and Dardenne, 2015, Deffler et al., 2016, Griffin and Wangerman, 2013). Such everyday life difficulties can be very uncomfortable for the person who is ...

    • Serge Brédart
    • 2017
  3. 1 day ago · Name-calling erodes the self-esteem and self-identity of the victim over time. The decrease in trust and safety creates a toxic environment in the relationship. However, the intention of the name-caller may not always be bad. Name-calling is typical in kids. Adults who name-call are, therefore, acting like children.

  4. Feb 20, 2017 · However new research has emerged that not only reveals why we call each other the wrong names, but may let us off the hook too - if someone familiar gets your name wrong, it’s because they love you.

  5. May 19, 2016 · This is probably the biggest revelation from Rubin's recent study: Apparently there is a connection between calling someone by the wrong name and what's happening in our heads. Basically, when we ...

    • Marissa Higgins
  6. Jan 31, 2024 · Deffler and colleagues found that when people used the wrong name for a person, in the vast majority of cases the name that was used fell in the same category as the name that was supposed to be used.

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  8. Sep 21, 2022 · These researchers wanted to find out why people accidentally call those they know by the wrong names. They began by gathering 1,700 people and asking them if they had ever been misnamed, or if ...

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