[poll] faces, finding people in a crowd

[wispfox]

Wanted to do a poll about visualizing people's faces, as well as relating to the fact that I have a hell of a time finding people in a crowd. Exhausted, but wanted to do this before I forgot. :)

[Poll #341839]

Comments

[roozle.livejournal.com]

I definitely have a hard time with people out of their familiar context. That's usually the source of the most confusing moments. It's hard when I would definitely remember someone in context and then I meet them out of context and flail around going "I'm sorry, I've misplaced your name."

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Context (particularly place) does have a particular effect on memory.

Audio and smell have a solid effect too.

There have been a number of psychological studies on the effect of environment on learning/memory. People who tried to recognize or recall information in the same/similar environment did much better than those who switched to a different place.