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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.
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     Why we mix people’s names: science says it’s because you ...

2. www.npr.org › sections › health-shotsWhen The Brain Scrambles Names, It's Because You Love Them - NPR

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   Jan 16, 2017 · Most everyone sometimes mixes up the names of family and friends. Their findings were published in the journal Memory & Cognition. "It's a normal cognitive glitch," Deffler says. It's...

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3. www.bustle.com › p › why-we-mix-up-peoples-namesHere's Why We Sometimes Mix Up People's Names - Bustle

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   Jan 17, 2017 · Luckily, science has an answer — it's largely to do with how your brain keeps itself organized. Cognitive scientist Samantha Deffler, from Rollins College in Florida, discovered after...

4. www.msn.com › en-us › lifestyleI’m a psychologist — this is what it means if you mix up your ...

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   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. Dr. Samantha Deffler, an associate professor...

5. www.goodhousekeeping.com › health › a60580301Study Reveals Why We Mix Up Our Kids’ Names - Good Housekeeping

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   Apr 28, 2024 · While your kids may mock you for it, mixing up their names — even across genders — is extremely common, and no, you’re not losing your mind. In fact, it’s nothing to worry about.

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6. www.ajc.com › pulse › why-do-parents-mix-up-theirWhy do parents mix up their kids' names? Science has the answer

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   May 3, 2024 · The findings suggest mixing up names is a natural cognitive glitch and not a sign of memory loss or cognitive decline.

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   Is mixing up your name a bad thing?

   • While your kids may mock you for it, mixing up their names — even across genders — is extremely common, and no, you’re not losing your mind. In fact, it’s nothing to worry about.

   Study Reveals Why We Mix Up Our Kids’ Names - Good Housekeeping

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   Is it normal to mix people's names?

   • It's perfectly normal to mix the names of loved ones. It's called a cognitive glitch. 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. AI-generated image (DALL-E 3).

   Why we mix people's names: science says it's because you might care

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   Should you mix up your kids' names?

   • 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. Dr. Samantha Deffler, an associate professor of psychology at York College of Pennsylvania, told Good Housekeeping that it can simply be a “cognitive glitch” that is “natural” and “very common.”

   I’m a psychologist — this is what it means if you mix up your kids’ names

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   Is mixing up names a sign of bad memory or aging?

   • It's called a cognitive glitch. 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. AI-generated image (DALL-E 3). The phenomenon of mixing up names isn’t new.

   Why we mix people's names: science says it's because you might care

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   Why do people mix up names?

   • The phenomenon of mixing up names isn’t new. Historical anecdotes are replete with tales of people, from scholars to kings, accidentally swapping names. Initially, these mix-ups were often attributed to distraction or lack of attention.

   Why we mix people's names: science says it's because you might care

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   Why do people use the wrong name?

   • It's not related to a bad memory or to aging, but rather to how the brain categorizes names. It's like having special folders for family names and friends names stored in the brain. When people used the wrong name, overwhelmingly the name that was used was in the same category, Deffler says. It was in the same folder.

   The Brain Scrambles Names Of People You Love : Shots - NPR

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8. enterprise.press › stories › 2017/02/03The cognitive science behind why we scramble names

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   Feb 3, 2017 · According to cognitive scientist Samantha Deffler, mixing up names is “a normal cognitive glitch,” and actually has nothing to do with having a bad memory or aging. Instead, Deffler says that our brain organizes names into special folders, and the names we scramble are likely to belong to the same category (i.e. friends, family, colleagues ...