word association
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The researchers then explored whether AI success on this simple word association task could extend to more complex and realistic creative activities.
From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026
I stood on one foot while tracking a swinging ball with my eyes, I did word association while walking backward, and I completed memory exercises.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2024
It also had a word association exercise, asking people to offer the first word or phrase that comes to mind at the mention of each man.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2023
They’re spur-of-the-moment word association, a stream of consciousness often completely divorced from any suggested script.
From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2018
The equivoque arises precisely from the word "association."
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto
