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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread looking for participants in a fun word association #203715 12/08/11 09:36 AM 12/08/11 09:36 AM Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 4 belgium S storms OP stranger storms   OP stranger S Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 4 belgium Dear all, Word associations have been very important in the study of word meanings in cognitive science. Currently, different professors are trying to build a network of word associations in English. In order to do this, we need many native (or at least very fluent) English speakers to participate in a small fun tast that does not take more than five minutes. In the task, we present a short list of words and ask people to write down the first three words they think of after reading the cue word. In order to build the network, we need about 100 participants responding to every cue word and we need thousands of cue words. That implies that we need thousands of participants. It seems a lot, but we've done this before: we succeeded over the past few years of reaching about 80.000 perticipants in Flanders and in the Netherlands to do the task in Dutch. However, since English is THE scientific language worldwide, it would be much more interesting to build a similar network in English. So if you have five minutes of spare time, please visit http://www.smallworldofwords.com As the dataset will be open for all interested scientists, you will help many of us by participating. It would even be better if you can spread this call by e-mail, facebook, or other means. If you have suggestions about other ways in which we can reach people willing to participate in this small task, please don't hesitate to contact us. My coordinates are given below. With kind regards, Professor Dr. Gert Storms Department of Psychology University of Leuven Tiensestraat 102 3000 Leuven Belgium E-mail: gert.storms@psy.kuleuven.be Re: looking for participants in a fun word association [Re: storms] #203731 12/09/11 01:38 AM 12/09/11 01:38 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Whew--I was afraid it was going to be timed! Thanks for not making it so. I did give honest answers but there were several I couldn't think of in, say, two seconds or a similar limit. Edit: good luck with this study. Re: looking for participants in a fun word association [Re: Jackie] #203744 12/09/11 07:50 PM 12/09/11 07:50 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Jee, I got through this almost but in the before-last one which was an association with the word 'such' a spontanious less pretty word came out. It looks like the machine does not accept slang. Re: looking for participants in a fun word association [Re: BranShea] #203758 12/10/11 02:42 AM 12/10/11 02:42 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy   Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under I was just getting into it....and it finished Re: looking for participants in a fun word association [Re: Candy] #203762 12/10/11 12:05 PM 12/10/11 12:05 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Did you start with asshole maybe? Re: looking for participants in a fun word association [Re: storms] #217123 06/16/14 05:01 AM 06/16/14 05:01 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 287 Victoria, Australia Bazr enthusiast Bazr   enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 287 Victoria, Australia I thought I was going to run out of time, but I did it. Look forward to the results. live in the moment Re: looking for participants in a fun word association [Re: storms] #221083 05/21/15 05:34 AM 05/21/15 05:34 AM Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 47 C Cowboy_Monkey newbie Cowboy_Monkey   newbie C Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 47 CRAP! Like I put a dollar bill in a change machine and nothing came out. Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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