▁The ▁met ac ogn itive ▁perspective ▁views ▁T OT ▁states ▁simply ▁as ▁the ▁aw aren ess ▁felt ▁when ▁such ▁an ▁event ▁occurs ▁and ▁the ▁per ception ▁of ▁the ▁experience ▁involved . ▁Main ly ▁being ▁aware ▁of ▁a ▁T OT ▁state ▁can ▁result ▁in ▁the ▁rapid ▁dev otion ▁of ▁cogn itive ▁resources ▁to ▁resol ving ▁the ▁state ▁and ▁successfully ▁retr ieving ▁the ▁word ▁from ▁memory . ▁Such ▁an ▁explanation ▁leaves ▁much ▁to ▁be ▁desired ; ▁however , ▁the ▁psych ol ingu istic ▁perspective ▁and ▁the ▁met ac ogn itive ▁perspective ▁on ▁T OT ▁states ▁are ▁not ▁mut ually ▁exclusive ▁and ▁both ▁are ▁used ▁to ▁observe ▁T OT ▁states ▁in ▁a ▁labor atory ▁setting . ▁ ▁An ▁inc ub ation ▁effect ▁can ▁be ▁observed ▁in ▁T OT ▁states , ▁where ▁the ▁passage ▁of ▁time ▁alone ▁can ▁influence ▁the ▁resolution ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁and ▁result ▁in ▁successful ▁recall . ▁Also , ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁a ▁T OT ▁state ▁is ▁a ▁good ▁predict or ▁that ▁the ▁problem ▁can ▁be ▁resolved ▁correctly , ▁although ▁this ▁has ▁been ▁shown ▁to ▁occur ▁more ▁frequently ▁with ▁older - you ng - ad ult s ▁than ▁young - ad ult s ▁or ▁sen iors . ▁This ▁is ▁evidence ▁for ▁both ▁the ▁met ac ogn itive ▁perspective ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁psych ol ingu istic ▁perspective . ▁ ▁It ▁demonstr ates ▁the ▁dev otion ▁of ▁resources ▁to ▁searching ▁memory , ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁cum ulative ▁information , ▁for ▁the ▁desired ▁correct ▁information , ▁and ▁it ▁also ▁shows ▁that ▁we ▁are ▁aware ▁of ▁what