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Word of Mouth: Tip of the Tongue

01/03/2016

Tip of the Tongue

BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, Tip of the Tongue

Michael Rosen on one of the most frustrating language states: tip of the tongue.

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at language and memory and that most frustrating phenomenon: tip of the tongue.

It's an experience we've all had - desperately trying to recall a word. You might know the letter it begins with, the letter it ends with, but it just won't pop into your head. So how will Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright cope as we try and induce this most frustrating state: Tip of the Tongue?

They are put under the spotlight by psychologist Dr Meredith Shafto, and try to find ways round it with the help of somebody who can memorise a 1000-digit number in an hour - memory Grandmaster Ed Cooke.

Producer: Melvin Rickarby.

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