Wrong Name Calculator

Names are stored in semantic clusters — family members, colleagues, pets. Under load your brain grabs a neighbouring name from the same cluster, which is why siblings get cycled through.

Absolutely. Pets sit in the same mental cluster as family, which is exactly why it happens so often.

One to three is common for most people. Teachers, managers and anyone meeting lots of new people tend to run higher.

Twenty to thirty seconds covers the correction, the apology and the small joke you make to move past it.

Name retrieval does slow over time, but this calculator holds your current rate steady. Raise the monthly figure to model a decline.

No. It is a lighthearted estimate from a steady monthly rate, not a measurement of your memory.