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tip-of-the-tongue

The tip-of-the-tongue state is a metacognitive phenomenon where an individual has a strong feeling that they know a specific word but are unable to retrieve its sound or spelling. This universal experience suggests that the human brain stores the meaning of a word and its phonological code separately. Most people can recall partial information, such as the first letter or syllable count, while in this state.

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