Goldberg: Observations

All subjects preferred having named variations.

• Names seemed to provide useful hints as to what to expect.
• Names provided an easy way to remember what was what.
• Without names, subjects almost always listened to all variations straight through in order; with names, subjects were more likely to go immediately to potentially interesting variations and, sometimes, not even listen to everything.
• Subject 3 mentioned, however, that he liked a preliminary exploratory phase without names that allowed him to blindly explore the space in a relatively undirected manner.

Conclusion: Names should be provided. They should be meaningful (descriptive of the operations performed) if possible. Turning off naming could be an option.