Comments on: Why do We Get Tip of the Tongue Moments? http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:06:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ivan Dihoff http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1786628 ivan Dihoff Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:05:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/#comment-1786628 The article is clearly too simple, much more is known about this "problem"...with names...not so much that we don't use them often, but at times they belong to one unit only: Addis Ababa, Daar es Salaam...confuse the two always. Also one can often say..."missing the word"...but I'm close, it's got 4 letters and an "o"...Oh you mean "porn"?...finally...but there is so much more...if one forgets "alternative" for a while and tells the listener, its a word that means choices of different means or venues...often the listener will have a lot of trouble coming up with it. As an individual who controls 8 languages verbally, I can vouch that this factor is irrelevant. The article is clearly too simple, much more is known about this "problem"...with names...not so much that we don't use them often, but at times they belong to one unit only: Addis Ababa, Daar es Salaam...confuse the two always. Also one can often say..."missing the word"...but I'm close, it's got 4 letters and an "o"...Oh you mean "porn"?...finally...but there is so much more...if one forgets "alternative" for a while and tells the listener, its a word that means choices of different means or venues...often the listener will have a lot of trouble coming up with it.
As an individual who controls 8 languages verbally, I can vouch that this factor is irrelevant.

]]> By: marieissah http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1778691 marieissah Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:24:12 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/#comment-1778691 I always experience this moment. I can't seem to move on if I don't get it.. I always experience this moment. I can't seem to move on if I don't get it..

]]> By: DaveL http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1776209 DaveL Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:31:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/#comment-1776209 This article is very... now what's the word I'm looking for? This article is very... now what's the word I'm looking for?

]]> By: Kalel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1775956 Kalel Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:19:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/#comment-1775956 "If you've got a bad memory, there's nothing you can do but forget about it." "If you've got a bad memory, there's nothing you can do but forget about it."

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1775306 Alex Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:04:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/#comment-1775306 Actually if you read the study, they found out a lot of interesting things, like the difference between presque vu of bilingual and monolingual speakers. Actually if you read the study, they found out a lot of interesting things, like the difference between presque vu of bilingual and monolingual speakers.

]]> By: Tempscire http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1774967 Tempscire Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:42:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/#comment-1774967 Since when is an axe or a noose "obscure"? And in defense of studies from the Department of Obvious: common sense answers/presumptions don't always play out as we'd expect. This is why we do experiments to get evidence to support (or not) what we suspect is happening. You also ferret out other possible causes of the same effect. If the study had provided the opposite conclusion, it would not seem so stupidly obvious. And if done correctly, the researchers weren't going into it <i>expecting</i> to come out with the stupidly obvious answer-- they gathered data, which they interpreted into the stated conclusion, which is backed by their research... which is more than anyone saying "duh" could point to for proof of their own. Since when is an axe or a noose "obscure"?

And in defense of studies from the Department of Obvious: common sense answers/presumptions don't always play out as we'd expect. This is why we do experiments to get evidence to support (or not) what we suspect is happening. You also ferret out other possible causes of the same effect.

If the study had provided the opposite conclusion, it would not seem so stupidly obvious. And if done correctly, the researchers weren't going into it expecting to come out with the stupidly obvious answer-- they gathered data, which they interpreted into the stated conclusion, which is backed by their research... which is more than anyone saying "duh" could point to for proof of their own.

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1774874 Johnny Cat Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:07:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/#comment-1774874 In other Earth-shattering news: Cars run on a substance called gasoline! Some people can glide across frozen water, also known as ice, by wearing a blade-type apparatus on their shoes! Adam Lambert is gay! In other Earth-shattering news:

Cars run on a substance called gasoline!
Some people can glide across frozen water, also known as ice, by wearing a blade-type apparatus on their shoes!
Adam Lambert is gay!

]]> By: synj http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1774703 synj Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:30:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/#comment-1774703 or, they were on the drug Topamax. seriously. even after a month on that med i had serious language and calculation issues, so bad it threatened my job. it wasn't doing what it was supposed to be doing, anyway, so i went off it (unfortunately, you have to ramp down from full dose or you get seizures. ausome!) or, they were on the drug Topamax.

seriously. even after a month on that med i had serious language and calculation issues, so bad it threatened my job. it wasn't doing what it was supposed to be doing, anyway, so i went off it (unfortunately, you have to ramp down from full dose or you get seizures. ausome!)

]]> By: edc2 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1774672 edc2 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:50:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/#comment-1774672 yeah, scientific amazement; we forget words we don't say very often. in other news; water is wet. yeah, scientific amazement; we forget words we don't say very often. in other news; water is wet.

]]> By: 67alecto http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1774630 67alecto Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:48:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/#comment-1774630 "More likely, tip-of-the-tongue experiences occur when we’re trying to recall rarely used words, Pyers says. Is it me, or is that earth-shattering? The conclusion of this study was that people have trouble remembering words that they rarely use? Where are they handing out this grant money? "More likely, tip-of-the-tongue experiences occur when we’re trying to recall rarely used words, Pyers says.

Is it me, or is that earth-shattering? The conclusion of this study was that people have trouble remembering words that they rarely use?

Where are they handing out this grant money?

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1774629 Gauldar Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:47:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/12/why-do-we-get-tip-of-the-tongue-moments/#comment-1774629 I have this problem quite a lot, but I do I know that I am very much a visual thinker. My auditory memory is quite weak, and I have extreme difficulty remembering verbal information as opposed to it being read. I have this problem quite a lot, but I do I know that I am very much a visual thinker. My auditory memory is quite weak, and I have extreme difficulty remembering verbal information as opposed to it being read.

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