How can our brains always remember the first letter of the word we are trying to recall but not the whole word?

Question

How can our brains always remember the first letter of the word we are trying to recall but not the whole word?

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Answer 1

We also hold words in muscle memory. When words are spoken, our voice box is sympathetic towards the vibration, and imitates the waveform. Next time you are having difficult with the whole word, sound it out – the melodic flow of the prosody is often enough to trigger our muscle memory.

T…t…..tur-tah-tah-tah….Hm… OH! Tu-ran-tu-la