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1. • • 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.”
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2. 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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3. www.today.com › health › mixing-names-family-friendsDo you mix up your children's names? Here's why our brains ...

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   Jan 25, 2017 · Moms and dads mix up the names of their kids along with the family dog, and friends mixed up the names of their pals. In a survey of more than 1,500 college students, more than half...

4. www.zmescience.com › mixing-people-namesWhy we mix people’s names: science says it’s because you ...

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   Jan 31, 2024 · It's perfectly normal to mix the names of loved ones. It's called a cognitive glitch.

5. 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 not...

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6. www.brit.co › reason-mix-up-kids-namesHere’s the Scientific Reason Why Parents Mix Up Their Kids’ Names

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   Mar 29, 2017 · Recent research, published in the journal Memory & Cognition, actually says so! After reviewing five studies, which included more than 1,700 participants, researchers from Duke University and Aarhus University (in Denmark) found that mixing up names of familiar people is a common occurrence, and it’s not because the person doing the misnaming ...

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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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   Do family members confuse names?

   • A study by a researcher and her Duke University colleagues involving over 1,700 participants found that name mix-ups were most common among family members and friends. Moms, dads, and even the family dog's name might be confused, while friends mixed up the names of their pals.

   Do you mix up your children's names? Here's why our brains

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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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   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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   Why do people mix up names?

   • If you think back on the last time you mixed up names, it was probably when you were feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. According to the Duke University study, almost half of the people surveyed said that the person doing the misnaming was distracted, tired or frustrated.

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   Is it normal to call your kids by each other's names?

   • It’s important to remember that calling your kids by each other’s names is normal. It’s not only natural, but it’s also likely to be passed down. “I worked on this study before I had kids,” says Deffler, “and now that I’m a mom, I make the same naming mistakes that my mother did.” It’s all in the family, after all.

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   May 2, 2024 · Do you find yourself constantly mixing the names of your kids up? Don't worry, you aren't alone - there's an interesting scientific reason for this 'common glitch,' according to a psychologist.