Fact

The tip of the tongue is knowledge without access

You know the first letter, the rhythm, the number of syllables. You cannot reach the word.

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In tip-of-the-tongue states people can reliably report partial features of a word they cannot retrieve, and they are usually right. It demonstrates that a memory is stored as separable components rather than a single lump, and that knowing you know is itself a distinct process.

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