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The failure to retrieve a word from memory, combined with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent is known by psychologists as the _____________ effect.

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Tip-of-the-tongue effect.

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The failure to retrieve a word from memory, combined with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent is known by psychologists as the "tip-of-the-tongue effect." The tip-of-the-tongue effect is the feeling you have when you can't just quite put your finger on it, a more common saying; "It's on the tip of my tongue." It's when you cannot remember a word, but you know more about the words background to know that if you think hard enough the word will pop in your mind.

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