Stroop task

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The Stroop task is used to test the interference of conflicting color stimuli and the reaction time of the subject. Colors are written in a different colored ink such as word "blue" being written in red. This interferes with the subject's ability to say the color that the ink is instead of the color that is written.

The Original Test

John Ridley Stroop was the first to publish his theory in English in 1935, hence why the task is named after him. His original experiment consisted of two tests. The first, called "reading color names", required subjects to say the written word instead of the ink color. The second test was the "Naming Colored Words", which required subjects to say the ink color of the written word instead of the written word. This is the test where people had the most difficulty. There was something that was interfering, causing a slower reaction time. [[1]]

The following link is to the discussion of an article involving a Stroop task. http://editthis.info/psy3242/Nikolic_et_al._%282007%29