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Record 1 1994-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Educational Psychology
CONT

In 1966, psychologists Roger Brown and David McNeill, who were then at Hanard, performed a classic experiment on the "tip of the tongue" phenomenon. We've all agonized over not quite being able to say a name or a word, that we're sure we know, but Brown and McNeill were the first to investigate it. ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie scolaire

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