The human brain is actually wired to remember visuals over abstract concepts. This is why you're so good at remembering faces and the places you meet people, bu

The human brain is actually wired to remember visuals over abstract concepts. This is why you're so good at remembering faces and the places you meet people, but not names. Names are abstract, so they are hard to remember, The best way to remember names is to actually turn that person's name into a mental image, then tie it to the location where you met them. This gives your brain a mental image of someone's name, and when you see there face again, you'll recall the component cues of their name. For example, my name is Andy Cook, so you might imagine me standing next to a life sized Raggedy Andy doll wearing a chef's hat + apron. When you see me again, you're likely to remember the image and put the name together. The other nice thing about this technique is that it forces you to stop and commit someone's name to memory instead of letting it go in one ear and out the other.