The hot chick you just met at the bar has already told you her name twice, and if you ask her again she’s going to quickly turn cold. Your choices include calling her “babe” the rest of the night, hoping you’ll hear one of her pals will call her by name, or stealing her wallet to peek at her driver’s license. Since none of the options sound particularly attractive, you can instead learn to remember her name using memory tricks called mnemonic devices.
