TOT DIARY STUDY: Instructions to Subjects

As you may have already guessed, we are asking you to participate in a study of the tip-of-the tongue experience. This will be different from other studies you have done for us in that you will participate in this study at home and as you go about your everyday life.

What we are asking you to do is to keep a diary of your tip-of-the-tongue experiences over the next 4 weeks. We have prepared a small booklet for you which has some questions printed in it. This will serve as your diary.

Please carry the this diary with you in the course of your usual activities and do the following:

• If and when you have a tip-of-the-tongue experience, try to think of the word as you normally do but after awhile record some of the information requested in the diary. You do not have to answer the questions in any specific order, and you can add more information at later times if you continue to try to think of the word.
  
  
• If you do finally think of the word, please record it in the diary and answer the last question.
  
  
• Please fill in your diary even when you are having no luck in thinking of the word.
  
  
• Please use one set of questions for each tip-of-the-tongue experience.

We will collect your diary at the end of 4 weeks even if you have had no tip-of-the-tongue experiences during this time.

We would like to pay you for your participation in this study. Do you have any questions?

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