I've tried associative memory techniques and they don't seem to work very well for me. I think for people with "normal" brains, this should work. I suffer from prosopagnosia (commonly referred to as face-blindness), where a section of the brain is "defective". I also struggle with numbers and names. I doubt anyone could help me unless they find a way to repair the brain itself. Some researchers attempted to help another prosopagnostic with the use of a special program they developed and failed. Just be aware that not everyone is the same.