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How to get better at remembering | Psyche Guides

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Frustrated by elusive names and misplaced phones? The science of memory reveals ways to improve your powers of recall

Memory lapses are a part of life. How many times has someone said hello as if they know you and yet you couldn’t quite place their face? What about returning home from the store only to realise you forgot to buy one of the main items you stopped there for? Or maybe you met someone at a networking event and then forgot where you put their business card. To make matters worse, you bumped into them the next day at the train station. They called out your name, but as they drew closer, you began to panic because you couldn’t remember theirs. Did it start with a C? An S? Maybe you gave up and…

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