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A Familiar Face, A Forgotten Name: Neuroscience of Social Memory

Vijayakumar, Sujay
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Imagine walking through campus and seeing a familiar face approaching your direction. Knowing you have met them before, you smile, but their name eludes you. Why does this happen? Why is remembering faces so easy compared to remembering names? The answers lie in the intriguing science of social memory.

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2025
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Grey Matters No. 3, 2025
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Social Memory, Neuroscience, Undergraduate Research
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Vijayakumar, Sujay (2025). A Familiar Face, A Forgotten Name: Neuroscience of Social Memory (Science Editor: Jay Abraham; General Editor: Tylar Burton; Artist: Seyma Ugur). Grey Matters 3, 36-39. Georgia State University. https://doi.org/10.57709/p1s6-z330
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