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      • 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 surveying 1,700 participants that mixing up people's names is more common than we knew.
      www.bustle.com/p/why-we-mix-up-peoples-names-according-to-science-is-all-about-mental-categorization-30930
  1. Jan 31, 2024 · 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...

  2. Jan 16, 2017 · Most everyone sometimes mixes up the names of family and friends. Their findings were published in the journal Memory & Cognition.

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  3. Jan 17, 2017 · Why do we sometimes call people by the wrong names? Luckily, science has an answer — it's largely to do with how your brain keeps itself organized.

  4. Why Do We Mix Up Names? Does your mom or dad ever call you by your sibling’s name? If so, while you may find it to be annoying, it might not bother you as much the next time it happens—once you realize that mixing up names is actually very common!

  5. Jan 25, 2017 · Name mix-ups were most common among family members and friends. Moms and dads mix up the names of their kids along with the family dog, and friends mixed up the names of their pals.

  6. 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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  8. May 3, 2016 · It found that name mix-ups (calling one person by another’s name) usually occur within the same relationship category. For instance, we’re most likely to mix up family members with family...

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