1分鐘知天下事：名字記不住不是你的錯！

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很多人都有記不住名字的困擾，尤其初次面對陌生人，要過很久才能將名字跟姓名聯想在一起。

不過最新的國外研究發現，其實記不住名字不是你的錯，而是生來本能所致。一起跟著TutorABC學一學吧：

There is a very simple reason why it’s so easy for the names of new acquaintances to slip right out of your head within moments of being introduced: names are kind of meaningless. 為什麼剛認識的人的名字我們會記不住?原因很簡單: 人名沒什麼意義。

Memory experts say that the more pathways back to a memory you have, the easier it becomes to retrieve that memory, and this just doesn’t happen naturally with names.

記憶專家表示：記憶點越多的事情就越容易記起來，但人名常是另外一回事了。

For example, even details as seemingly minor as what you were wearing on a particular day or what the weather happened to be doing can make it easier to recall other events that occurred that day, like the particulars of a conversation you had with a friend. But names, on the other hand, usually don’t give your brain much information to grasp onto beyond the name itself.  

舉例來說，只要你知道某天穿了什麼衣服，或是那天天氣怎樣這些看似不重要的事，就較能回想起其他當天發生的事情，比如說你跟朋友聊天的內容。然而人腦通常會覺得人名就只是人名而已，沒有其他的訊息可供利用。

看這篇文章，你可以跟TutorABC一起學到這些單字喔：  

acquaintance (n.) 認識的人(通常指”不是太熟”的朋友)  

meaningless (adj.) 沒有意義的

expert (n.) 專家

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