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Memory

Our Daily Bread, December 27, 1996

Quote During coffee break: "The reason I have such a wonderful memory for names is because I took that Sam Carnegie course." - Martin Buxbaum in Table Talk What People Forget

I was relieved to find out that I'm not the only one who forgets things. Everyone does at one time or another, according to Karen Bolla, A Johns Hopkins researcher. These are the things people most often forget:

1. names

83%

2. where something is

60%

3. telephone numbers

57%

4. words.

53%

5. what was said

49%

6. faces

42%