I think there is no father on earth with more than one son who has not ever called them by the name of his brother. There are even those who mention the whole offspring before finding the right name. I remember my father-in-law, with 9 children, passing everyone ready until he was right with the son he was calling. And it will be hereditary, because the father of my three daughters almost never hits the first one. Does it happen to you often? Do you often confuse your children's names? Quiet, it's normal, and it has a scientific explanation.
According to experts, this confusion is due to a cognitive failure that causes our brain to store the names of our loved ones. by categories or social group. If it were a computer, folders of "loved ones" would be created that would include family, children, couples, friends, and even pets.
The study, published in the journal Memory and Cognition, highlights that this confusion between names, or mixture of them, occurs among those who are categorized within the same social group for those who pronounce them.
In this way, it is normal for a mother to confuse the names of her children unconsciously, or for a group of friends to confuse or mix each other's names, as long as these names belong to people who in our unconscious are They find themselves in the same category of personal relationship.
In Babies and more Do you suffer momnesia? The amnesia of the mothers"Confusing names is a cognitive mistake we make, which reveals something about who we consider as part of our group," said David Rubin, professor of psychology and neurosciences at Duke University and co-author of the research.
People who tend to get confused with names generally follow certain patterns. When someone calls another person by the wrong name, they do so by replacing the name with that of someone who is part of the same social group.
Contrary to what one might believe, nothing has to do with physical appearance between siblings. The researchers found that this was not a determining factor regarding the phenomenon of confusing names.
The explanation comforts us, since nothing is attributable to age. We are not the first nor will we be the last parents to confuse the names of our children. To the despair of our children and grandchildren, it will continue to happen.
