I thought this about myself until my first "real" job. I was really nervous and wanted to make a good impression and memorized 20 peoples' names in one meeting, remembering them at least for the next couple days. (After that, those I didn't see were forgotten.)

Point is... I was super-focused on paying attention, and poof my "Hi, George. Nice to meet you. Wait, what was your name?" problem was gone... though only for that day.