Aaron is solving a crossword puzzle. the clue for a seven-letter word says "prose literature, not based on facts." aaron is conf
ident that he knows the word, but keeps coming up with other words like "faction," "friction," and "fraction." after saying these few words out loud, aaron suddenly remembers the correct word: "fiction." in this scenario, aaron has just experienced the
Tip<span> of the tongue, shortcut TOT is the tendency to forgot a word, combined with partial recall and a feeling that he really knows the word. The name of the phenomenon “tip of the tongue” comes from the saying, "It's on the tip of my tongue." </span>
