Question

Marie kept trying to recall the name of the new movie she wanted to see. although she'd seen the preview several times, she kept drawing a blank on the title. she had the sense that she knew the title, but she could not produce it at that moment. which type of forgetting was she experiencing?

Answer 1

The type of forgetting she was experiencing was the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. It is the occurrence of dwindling to recover a term from recall, joined with partial recollection and the feeling that recalling is impending. The tip of the tongue phenomenon exposes that verbal access happens in stages.