CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Formally known as lethologica, the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon-or TOT for short-is a lapse in memory retrieval, where a person fails to recall a word, all the while feeling like they are so close to retrieving it. From fatigue to caffeine intake, there are a lot of reasons why we might experience TOT states.

Detailed explanation-2: -Everyone can experience word-finding difficulty or that “tip-of-the-tongue” sensation. This is normal and becomes more prominent with age. It can worsen when people feel anxious, excited, depressed or even sleep deprived.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lethologica is both the forgetting of a word and the trace of that word we know is somewhere in our memory. Perhaps it is necessary for us to drink from the river Lethe to help us temporarily forget the trivial and unnecessary, so we can prioritise the information that is important to our lives.

Detailed explanation-4: -The “tip of the tongue” (TOT) phenomenon is a state in which one cannot quite recall a familiar word but can recall words of similar form and meaning. Several hundred such states were precipitated by reading to Ss the difinitions of English words of low frequency and asking them to try to recall the words.

Detailed explanation-5: -It is not necessarily a sign of something serious*, but more of an occasional brain glitch. Scientists have found that some things make TOTs more common – such as caffeine, fatigue, and strong emotions – and that words learned later in life are more likely to be forgotten.