Kids Cube/7_Science.iso/memmstr/nafint.txt

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                ^Introduction - Remembering Names and Faces\

Remembering names and faces is probably the most common reason for people
wanting to improve their memories, because it is the one case where written
notes will really not help.  You can jot down a person's name, but how does
that help you when it comes to linking it with his face.

Many people seem happy to carry on forgetting names, thinking they can
always get round it somehow, and who cares anyway ? Of course, the person
who %does\ care is the one whose name has been forgotten.

People $like\ to be called by their names.  For example, if you go to a
local shop regularly how do you prefer to be addressed - 'Hello Mr/Mrs/Miss
so - and - so', 'Hello luv/dear/dearie/', or with a vacant stare ? If the
shopkeeper has taken the trouble to remember your name, you will probably
have a higher opinion of him or her and possibly be more likely to frequent
the shop.

Most of us recognise %faces\ - it's the %names\ that cause us trouble.
After all, have you ever heard someone say 'I know your name, but I don't
recognise your face' ?#

Since we can usually remember faces, the best system to use for remembering
names and faces is one where the $face\ actually %tells us\ the $name\.  To
do this, you simply need to |associate\ the name to his face.

To do this there are two steps involved :

  (1)  Forming a mental picture of the name.
  (2)  Associating that picture to the face.

Tutorial 4 shows you how any surname, however long or complicated, can be
pictured.

Tutorial 5 demonstrates how to associate a mental picture of a person's name
to that person's face, giving you a never - fail system for remembering
names and faces.

                 > Press Page Down to continue with Tutorial 4\ ~