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Originally Posted by Fonzie
So, your technique for remembering names is a good one. I do something similar, but the key is to force your attention to the person's name. What I do is immediately repeat their name out loud: "Oh, Steve, is it? Nice to meet you Steve. Say, Steve, have you met my friend Neal over here? Neal, come over here and meet Steve."
It works. I'm terrible about encoding new names myself, but this tactic really does help. In fact, when I was a grad student I served as a TA in a Human Memory course in which the instructor, on the first day of class, went around the room and used this technique to immediately memorize the names of all 70 students in about 10 minutes.
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That's an interesting idea- I may have to try it. If it were my room- I'd have to come up with the seating chart with names where people were sitting and then start ascribing characteristics to those people.
SI