Adnan has been trying to recall the name of the musical artist who released the song that was #1 when he was 14. Adnan 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. What is Adnan experiencing?

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Adnan is experiencing the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, which is the feeling of knowing the information but being unable to recall it at that moment. Retrograde amnesia is the loss of memories before a traumatic event or brain injury, proactive interference is when old memories interfere with new ones, and source-monitoring error is when a person has difficulty distinguishing between the source of a memory and a new piece of information.

Adnan Has Been Trying to Recall the Name of the Musical