Also, 20-year-olds had about three tip-of-the-tongue experiences when they were given descriptions of 25 people. That compared to about eight lapses among people in their 80s.

The Tip of My Tongue subreddit has been helping people remember things for ten years. Next time you can’t remember the name of a movie, a song, a GIF, a book, a stop-motion video turning 20th ...

The next time a word is on the tip of your tongue, remember that your brain is hard at work trying to retrieve it. Partial information—such as certain sounds or related words—might surface ...

Larry talks with Deborah Burke of Pomona College about her new study that looks at these experiences and explains what happens neurologically when people have "tip of the tongue" moments. Support ...

You have probably experienced the tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) state at some point. Chances are, when you have had a TOT, you have similarly sometimes had a sense of the word’s qualities, like how ...

Tip of the Tongue A report in the Journal of Experimental Psychology sheds new light on those frustrating moments when a word or name is on the tip of your tongue, and why it comes to you after ...

Nina, who got the Woodstock answer, didn’t want to share her last name but said she increasingly struggles with the tip–of-the-tongue syndrome. “Oh, absolutely.” ...