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
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
Then when pressed, he’s a font of nonsensical word association.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023
He told The Washington Post that mnemonics and word association have “nothing to do with intelligence, only memory.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023
The word association properly signifies a society or convention of things in some respects similar to each other.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus