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Memory For Names

Memory for Names is a cognitive construct within the domain of person memory that specifically refers to the ability to encode, store, and retrieve the proper names associated with individuals, distinguishing it from other person memory components by its focus on arbitrary linguistic labels rather than biographical or facial information.

334

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16.8K

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839

Authors

362

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2017–2026

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334

Fifty years of memory for names and faces: A cross-sectional approach.

Harry P. Bahrick, Phyllis O. Bahrick, Roy P. Wittlinger · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1975 · 580 citations

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Fast Mapping but Poor Retention by 24‐Month‐Old Infants

Jessica S. Horst, Larissa K. Samuelson · Infancy · 2008 · 425 citations · Full text

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Memory for proper names: Age differences in retrieval

Gillian Cohen, Dorothy Faulkner · British Journal of Developmental Psychology · 1986 · 290 citations

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The Associative Memory Deficit of Older Adults: Further Support Using Face-Name Associations.

Moshe Naveh‐Benjamin, Jonathan Guez, Angela Kilb et al. · Psychology and Aging · 2004 · 283 citations

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Application of the testing and spacing effects to name learning

Shana K. Carpenter, Edward L. DeLosh · Applied Cognitive Psychology · 2005 · 267 citations

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Authors

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  1. SR
    Stefan R. Schweinberger

    Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

    9 publications · 374 citations

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  2. JR
    J. Richard Hanley

    University of Essex, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 449 citations

    7

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  3. SB
    Serge Brédart

    University of Liège, Belgium

    7 publications · 221 citations

    7

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  4. LE
    Lori E. James

    University of Colorado Colorado Springs, United States

    6 publications · 295 citations

    6

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  5. AM
    A. Mike Burton

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 448 citations

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Institutions

362

  1. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. University of Liège

    Liège, Belgium

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    351 citations

  3. The Memory Clinic

    Bennington, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    466 citations

  4. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    892 citations

  5. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    473 citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    790 citations

  7. University of Colorado Colorado Springs

    Colorado Springs, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    407 citations

  8. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    708 citations

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  2. Memory

    18 publications · 576 citations

    15

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  3. Neuropsychologia

    14 publications · 869 citations

    12

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  4. British Journal of Psychology

    12 publications · 934 citations

    12

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  5. Memory & Cognition

    10 publications · 519 citations

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