The Tip of the Tongue State (Hardcover)

This book brings together the body of empirical findings and theoretical interpretations of the tip of the tongue (TOT) experience - when a well-known or familiar word cannot immediately be recalled. Although research has been published on TOTs for over a century, the experience retains its fascination for both cognitive and linguistic researchers. After a review of various research procedures used to study TOTs, the book offers a summary of attempts to manipulate this rare cognitive experience through cue and prime procedures. Various aspects of the inaccessible target word are frequently available - such as first letter and syllable number - even in the absence of actual retrieval, and the book explores the implications of these bits of target-word information for mechanisms for word storage and retrieval. It also examines: what characteristics of a word make it potentially more vulnerable to a TOT; why words related to the target word (called "interlopers") often come to mind; the recovery process, when the momentarily-inaccessible word is recovered shortly after the TOT is first experienced; and efforts to evaluate individual differences in the likelihood to experience TOTs.

General

Imprint:	Psychology Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Essays in Cognitive Psychology
Release date:	July 2011
First published:	July 2011
Authors:	Alan S. Brown
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-1-84169-444-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > Memory Promotions
LSN:	1-84169-444-4
Barcode:	9781841694443

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