It’s easier to say the color of a word if it matches the semantic meaning of the word.
The task demonstrates the effect that interference can have when it comes to reaction time.
It was first described during the 1930s by American psychologist John Ridley Stroop for whom the phenomenon is named.
Typically, these people speak the color of a negative word more slowly than they do a neutral word.
Performing Your Own Stroop Test
The original Stroop test included two parts.
In the second, the participant is asked to name the ink color.
There are a number of different approaches you could take in conducting your own Stroop effect experiment.
There are many possible combinations of scores on the first and second tasks.
They might indicate speech problems, reading skill deficits, brain injury.
color blindness, emotional upset, or low intelligence.
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