TOTimal
A TOTimal is a drawing or picture of a fictitious animal used to stimulate tip-of-the-tongue (or TOT) events.{{Cite book|last=Brown|first=Alan S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6kxza2XUrx0C&q=%22TOTimal%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA157|title=The Tip of the Tongue State|date=2012|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-84169-444-3|language=en}}{{Cite journal|last1=Smith|first1=Steven M.|last2=Brown|first2=Jeffrey M.|last3=Balfour|first3=Stephen P.|date=1991-05-01|title=TOTimals: A controlled experimental method for studying tip-of-the-tongue states|journal=Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society|language=en|volume=29|issue=5|pages=445–447|doi=10.3758/BF03333966|issn=0090-5054|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last=Gupta|first=Prahlad|date=2003-10-01|title=Examining the Relationship between word Learning, Nonword Repetition, and Immediate Serial Recall in Adults|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/02724980343000071|journal=The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A|language=en|volume=56|issue=7|pages=1213–1236|doi=10.1080/02724980343000071|pmid=12959911|s2cid=17317986|issn=0272-4987}}{{Cite book|last1=Metcalfe|first1=Both in the Department of Psychology Janet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ci0TDgAAQBAJ&q=%22TOTimal%22&pg=PA27|title=Metacognition: Knowing about Knowing|last2=Metcalfe|first2=Janet|last3=Shimamura|first3=Arthur P.|date=1994-04-07|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-13298-5|language=en}} TOTimals generally combine features of many different animals, creating a familiar feel, while still making it impossible to identify the animal.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ap/ml/1997/00000036/00000001/art02471|title=The Retrieval of Related Information Influences Tip-of-the-Tongue|accessdate=15 February 2011|publisher=Ingentaconnect}}
