Published on 12, July, 2020
When I read I have a hard time with remembering the names of the characters in the books. I don't remember having this problem up until about two years ago.
It's put me off reading a little because by the end I've got the plot ingrained in my memory but can't remember who's who. Frustrating isn't in it!
Is this an autism thing? I didn't consider this before but now I've had a bit of time to think it over I was wondering if it might be an autistic quirk I've somehow acquired.
I think this can be a gender thing, men are thought to be less able to rememver names and faces than women, whether its cultural or evolutionary isn't known, but it's thought to be more likely evolutionary. I don't think it's an autism thing, as I've known loads of men many of whom aren't autistic have problems remembering names and faces and even more so putting them together properly.