I remember hearing it too. The article described different things people do
when they are trying to remember something -- look up, as if they could read
it in the brain, say the first letter, and other common gestures we see
people do when trying to remember something.
I had recently been thinking about that very same article -- from the
1970's, I think, because I was trying to remember the name of Nixon's
running mate who became the VP for a while. The only name I could think of
was Al Shapiro. As it turned out, I had many of the right letter -- just
anagramed a little.
Does the name Greenberg sound like a likely author? I know he was mainly an
anthropological linguist, but maybe he wrote it? Maybe it was Brown?
http://www.psych.ufl.edu/~levy/96_6.htm
Check the link above for the TOT phenomenon.
Mayan Avitable
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Subject: [SaF] Looking for a word
> I have given up on this one. There is a word that describes the state of
> knowing a word and not being able to find it. We sometimes call this "tip
> of the tongue" or "mental block". I can't find the word, which is a nice
> little conundrum.
>
> Ray
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> Raymond Arsenault, Ph.D.
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