Aiden has been trying to recall the name of the musical artist who released the song that was number one when he was 14.Aiden feels somewhat frustrated because he is certain he knows the artist's name, but he just can't seem to recall it at this moment.Aiden is experiencing something referred to as

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The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is when a person knows the information but is temporarily unable to retrieve it from memory. Aiden's frustration and certainty that he knows the artist's name suggests that he is experiencing this phenomenon. Retrograde amnesia is a loss of memory for events that occurred before an injury, while proactive interference is when previously learned information interferes with the retrieval of new information. Source-monitoring errors occur when a person misattributes the source of a memory.

Aiden Has Been Trying to Recall the Name of the Musical