Have you ever blanked on a word and said something else?

It may not just be you. Some mild forms of anomia happen as we age, but research finds that lexical recall is not straightforward.

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https://twitter.com/paulcoxon/status/1097513774800605184

What Is the Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon?
https://www.thoughtco.com/tipofthetongue-tot-phenomenon-1692548

The Science of Thingummyjigs (and Other Words on the Tip of Your Tongue)
https://daily.jstor.org/science-thingummyjigs-words-tip-tongue/

Abrams: Tip of the Tongue States Yield Language Insights [$$]
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27859151

Why your brain just can’t remember that word
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17263-why-your-brain-just-cant-remember-that-word/

This Is Why You Occasionally Forget Words
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/11/03/forget-words_n_8462352.html

Psychology suggests that when someone calls you the wrong name, it’s because they love you
https://qz.com/909209/psychology-suggests-that-when-someone-calls-you-the-wrong-name-its-because-they-love-you/

What to do when your mind goes blank when giving a speech
https://www.gingerpublicspeaking.com/article/what-to-do-when-your-mind-goes-blank-when-giving-a-speech

Mind-blanking: when the mind goes away
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3784796/

60 Actors Reveal Their Worst Flubbed Lines and Onstage Mishaps
http://www.playbill.com/article/60-actors-reveal-their-worst-flubbed-lines-and-onstage-mishaps

Memory loss: When to seek help
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alzheimers-disease/in-depth/memory-loss/art-20046326

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