Timeline for What is the term for the "knowing what you think but can't explain it" phenomenon?
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| May 18, 2018 at 14:52 | comment | added | Kevin | I believe the term mental block has the connotation of being associated with 'purposive' or 'event-related' subconscious suppression of information, e.g., repression of painful memories and lack of writing ability secondary to stress, respectively. On the other hand, TOT is benign and likely unrelated to an external event-- it is the result of weak internal embedding of the word or concept into memory. | |
| May 18, 2018 at 11:21 | comment | added | Ooker | does it relate to mental block? | |
| May 18, 2018 at 11:19 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 18, 2018 at 11:19 | history | answered | Kevin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |