Dr. Wendy Suzuki

And then you open the door and right to the left of the front door, whatever that is, you put the next item, the milk.

and you place the milk down and you just picture those items in that spatial location.

And because the spatial location is so familiar, it helps you make those associations even with unfamiliar, you know, lists of things.

And, you know, you think that sounds weird.

It has worked for hundreds and hundreds of years.

People have used this, including current memory champions.

How can we remember names better?

So I think visualization can be really helpful.

So what I like to do is, if I'm trying to remember your name, I put a visual image of something that reminds me of your name on top of your head.

And I try and also repetition.

I try and rehearse it many, many times.

But for certain names, it's really helpful.

For example, anybody that is named Jessica, I picture them with rabbit ears.

Oh, my gosh.

This is brilliant.

Yeah.

And so you could – you know, sometimes it's harder with foreign names.

Yeah, yeah.

It's just hard.

Yeah.