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
He told The Washington Post that mnemonics and word association have “nothing to do with intelligence, only memory.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023
This isn’t quite word association, more like player association.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2021
When doing word association with her counselor, they said the word “trust” and she mentioned my name.
From Slate • Aug. 27, 2018
The common use of the word association for almost every kind of connection has rendered this subject difficult; from which inaccuracy I fear some parts of this work are not exempt.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
