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Feb 14, 2017 · The phenomenon of a person inadvertently calling someone familiar by the wrong name is known as misnaming. In our study (paywall) published last October in the journal Memory and Cognition, we ...
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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Dec 13, 2018 · Forgetting your kids’ names isn’t a sign of aging, says science. Why parents call their kids by the wrong names. I had a lot of questions about this, and cognitive science, it seems has some of the answers. Dr. Samantha Deffler of York College surveyed 1700 adults and provides some reassurance and explanation.
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Jan 31, 2024 · We see examples of name mix-ups in everyday life. Parents often cycle through the names of their children before landing on the correct one, especially if the names start with the same letter or ...
May 7, 2021 · Some instances appeared to have been caused by phonetic similarities between names—e.g. you accidentally called your boss “Katherine” (your cousin’s name) instead of “Kathleen.”. But ...
Sep 21, 2022 · Researchers at Duke University looked into this phenomenon to see why parents so regularly mix up their kids names. These researchers wanted to find out why people accidentally call those they ...
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Mar 29, 2017 · So when you’re trying to call out for one of your kids, your brain will go through your “names of people in my family” file and will pick a name in the family that may or may not be the correct one. If your kids have similar sounding names, however, that can increase the likelihood of mixing them up. The researchers also tried to assess ...