Mastering Name Recall Techniques

Your brain literally rewires itself every time you learn someone's name, and most people

waste this superpower without realizing it. When you meet someone new,

your hippocampus creates a neural pathway connecting their face to their name.

But here's the crazy part - if you repeat their name back within the first 30 seconds,

you strengthen that pathway by 40 percent. This is called elaborative encoding, and it's why some

people seem to have photographic memory for names while others forget immediately. The trick is to

use their name in context right away. Instead of just saying nice to meet you,

try nice to meet you Sarah, what brings you here today. Your brain treats