One of the few things I remember from that one neuroscience class I took in high school was that the more physical senses you involve in something, the more likely you are to remember that thing. I think you’re totally right about writing something down, even if it’s just miming the act of writing.

It’s the same effect, I think, where writing down a reminder means I remember it even when I lose the reminder note.

I also read it was a good idea to use multiple senses, so now I lick people when I meet them and they never forget meeting me.

Hey, I chuckled. You just dropped that in here. Nicely done.

That sounds gross/like a health and safety violation, dweekly

That's a good tip about making the motions to write the person's name on the palm of your hand. One thing I noticed not that long ago was that if I heard someone's name, e.g. if they spoke it to me, I had little chance of remembering, but if I saw the name written down, e.g. I saw it on a name tag, I actually had a much better chance of remembering. I assumed that is because my memory was more visual. But maybe it is simply because of more senses being involved.