A TOT (tip-of-the-tongue) experience is

a. a simple momentary retrieval failure for information that is otherwise accessible.
b. a sign of decline in episodic memory.
c. more common in younger than in older adults.
d. evidence of a failing long-term memory.


ANSWER: a

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