Marie kept trying to recall the name of the new movie she wanted to see. although she'd seen the preview several times, she kept drawing a blank on the title. she had the sense that she knew the title, but she could not produce it at that moment. which type of forgetting was she experiencing?

The type of forgetting she was experiencing was the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. It is the occurrence of dwindling to recover a term from recall, joined with partial recollection and the feeling that recalling is impending. The tip of the tongue phenomenon exposes that verbal access happens in stages.