A 'Tip of the tongue phenomenon' is when a subject is able to recall parts of an item, or related information, but is frustratingly unable to recall the whole item.

Background information

Tip of the tongue phenomenon: Tip of the tongue phenomenon is a form of Memory bias. This is thought to be an instance of 'blocking'where multiple similar memories are being recalled and interfere with each other. For more information see the Tip of the tongue phenomenon Wikipedia page.

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