Why You Forget Names Immediately—And How to Remember Them

[rangerrebew]

Why You Forget Names Immediately—And How to Remember Them
 
By Jamie Ducharme July 26, 2018
 

Of all the social gaffes, none is perhaps more common than meeting a new person, exchanging names and promptly forgetting theirs — forcing you to either swallow your pride and ask again, or languish in uncertainty forever.

Why do we keep making this mistake? There are a few potential explanations, says Charan Ranganath, the director of the Memory and Plasticity Program at the University of California, Davis.

http://time.com/5348486/why-do-you-forget-names/

[thackney]

I have a huge mental block on names.  I always repeat a persons name back to them, looking in their face when introduced.

I then tell them, I am going to forget that name; expect to be asked 3 or 4 times at least.