Stroop effect

Print the pdf and then try to name the color (not what the word says) used for each of the words in the list regardless of the word itself. It's not easy!

Print the pdf and then try to name the color (not what the word says) used for each of the words in the list regardless of the word itself. It's not easy!

The Stroop Effect - it's harder to say the color of each word than it is to say the word itself because our brains automatically determine the semantic meaning of the word. This conflicts with the identification of the color of the word, a process which is not automatic. Our brains must then resolve the conflicting interpretations of the visual stimuli, a process which takes work.

Have fun doing the Stroop Test and learn something interesting about how your brain works. Get the free printable Stroop Effect worksheets.

Here is a fun and inter­ac­tive ver­sion of the famous Stroop test. This test is used in neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal eval­u­a­tions to mea­sure men­tal speed and flex­i­bil­ity, the hall­marks of exec­u­tive func­tions. Per­form­ing well on the test requires strong atten­tion and self-regulation. Your job is to name the col­ors of the words. Do NOT read the words but the…

The Stroop effect is an interesting phenomenon that takes place when you must say the color of a word but not the written word.

Stroop Effect. Toward the end of this wiki on attention (has good info on visual attention) under the sub-heading 1910-1949 there is a nice summary of the Stroop effect.

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Stroop effect