Incubation and the resolution of tip-of-the-tongue states

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 365-376

  Choi, Hyun ^a   Smith, Steven M ^a  

^a Texas AM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocking; Incubation; Recovery; Retrieval; Tip of the tongue

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644539190     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.132.4.365-376     Document Type: Article

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