Revealed: Why we forget people's names when we meet them... only to remember it again hours later

You can be forgiven for forgetting the name of that new acquaintance just minutes after you've been introduced, according to memory experts at University of Sussex.

Scientists revealed that while memories can be recalled several hours after learning them, they are inaccessible to us for a period.

Although it is not fully understood why such lapses happen, it is believed to be because they are a necessary part of the brain's process to avoid overloading with information.

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