Name Recall as a Function of Introduction Time

QSummary.-An experiment was designed to test name recall by 25 male and 19 female undergraduates. Early and late introduction via auditory and visual modes of presentation were used. A later introduction resulted in total recall but an early inuoduction gave low recall. There were no differences between visual and auditory modes. Often people are introduced to someone but find later they cannot recall the name. Name introduction generally occurs very soon after meeting a new person, and it is possible that cognitive processes occur simultaneously and interfere with the storage of names. For example, early in the conversation the target person presents many unique and salient stimuli, which may interfere with storage or distract attention from the name. If people were given time to familiarize themselves with the new person and then were introduced to the new name, they might have better attention and experience less interference. This experiment was designed to test the hypothesis that a later name