Controlled Oral Word Association Test

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Controlled Oral Word Association Test, abbreviated COWA or COWAT, is a verbal fluency test that measures spontaneous production of words belonging to the same category or beginning with some designated letter.[1] The test can be administered to pediatric and adult populations. The COWAT is one part of the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery.

History

The test was first called the "Verbal Associative Fluency Test", and then was changed to the "Controlled Word Association Test".[2]

Procedure

The participant is usually asked to name words beginning with a letter, excluding proper nouns, for one minute and this procedure is repeated three times. The most commons letters used are ***** because of their frequency in the English language.[3] The examiner must quickly write down the words provided by the participant on a piece of paper. The whole examination usually takes 5–10 minutes.

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