Stroop Effect Research Paper
10/14/13
Stroop Effect | Stroop Test
STROOP EFFECT
A test of the capacity to direct attention and a tool for helping people navigate urgent transitions.
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USING THE STROOP EFFECT TO TEST OUR CAPACITY TO DIRECT ATTENTION: A TOOL FOR
NAVIGATING URGENT TRANSITIONS.
We are beginning to experience the unwelcome consequences of attempting limitless growth on a relentlessly finite planet. We must leave behind the infantile technofantasy of a world without limits, giving us a life without want. We need to make an urgent transition to a new pattern of living, one based on simplicity, conservation and restoration. …show more content…
In this instance, even when asked to name the color of the ink, we tend to say the name the word represents.
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THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
John Ridley Stroop first reported this effect in his Ph.D. dissertation published in 1935.
Current research on the Stroop effect emphasizes the interference that automatic processing of words has on the more mentally effortful task of just naming the ink color. The task of making an appropriate response - when given two conflicting signals - has tentatively been located in a part of the brain called the anterior cingulate. This is a region that lies between the right and left halves of the frontal portion of the brain. It is involved in a wide range of cognitive processes.
Although the functions of the anterior cingulate are very complex, broadly speaking it acts as a conduit between lower, somewhat more impulse-driven brain regions and higher, somewhat more thought-driven behaviors. The Stroop effect's sensitivity to changes in brain function may be related to …show more content…
At the end of each stage the task will display your score
(number correct and time).
Table 1. Description of online Stroop test
Stage 1 - Quickly choose the word that matches the color within the rectangle on top.
Stage 2 - Quickly choose the word that matches the word on top.
Stage 3 - The Stroop effect. Quickly choose the color in which the word on top is displayed, rather than the color that the word names.
Most people will find Stage 3 harder to do. You may find yourself taking more time for each word and may frequently make the mistake of giving the wrong keyboard response.
The more your capacity to direct attention is fatigued, the harder this stage becomes.
Try it when you are well rested. Then compare your performance after staying up very late working on a difficult and complicated task.
Click the blue button below to take the online Stroop test.
If your web browser does not have the Shockwave plug-in necessary to run this demonstration, you can install it from the Adobe website.
OTHER TESTS OF DIRECTED ATTENTION
Other EPLab tests of our capacity to direct attention
Another online Stroop effect self-test is
Stroop Effect | Stroop Test
STROOP EFFECT
A test of the capacity to direct attention and a tool for helping people navigate urgent transitions.
HOME
| CURRENT PAPER |
DEFINITION
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PREMISE
| LIST OF PAPERS |
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ABOUT
Localization papers
USING THE STROOP EFFECT TO TEST OUR CAPACITY TO DIRECT ATTENTION: A TOOL FOR
NAVIGATING URGENT TRANSITIONS.
We are beginning to experience the unwelcome consequences of attempting limitless growth on a relentlessly finite planet. We must leave behind the infantile technofantasy of a world without limits, giving us a life without want. We need to make an urgent transition to a new pattern of living, one based on simplicity, conservation and restoration. …show more content…
In this instance, even when asked to name the color of the ink, we tend to say the name the word represents.
School of Natural Resources & Environment
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
.
Share
.
+4
THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
John Ridley Stroop first reported this effect in his Ph.D. dissertation published in 1935.
Current research on the Stroop effect emphasizes the interference that automatic processing of words has on the more mentally effortful task of just naming the ink color. The task of making an appropriate response - when given two conflicting signals - has tentatively been located in a part of the brain called the anterior cingulate. This is a region that lies between the right and left halves of the frontal portion of the brain. It is involved in a wide range of cognitive processes.
Although the functions of the anterior cingulate are very complex, broadly speaking it acts as a conduit between lower, somewhat more impulse-driven brain regions and higher, somewhat more thought-driven behaviors. The Stroop effect's sensitivity to changes in brain function may be related to …show more content…
At the end of each stage the task will display your score
(number correct and time).
Table 1. Description of online Stroop test
Stage 1 - Quickly choose the word that matches the color within the rectangle on top.
Stage 2 - Quickly choose the word that matches the word on top.
Stage 3 - The Stroop effect. Quickly choose the color in which the word on top is displayed, rather than the color that the word names.
Most people will find Stage 3 harder to do. You may find yourself taking more time for each word and may frequently make the mistake of giving the wrong keyboard response.
The more your capacity to direct attention is fatigued, the harder this stage becomes.
Try it when you are well rested. Then compare your performance after staying up very late working on a difficult and complicated task.
Click the blue button below to take the online Stroop test.
If your web browser does not have the Shockwave plug-in necessary to run this demonstration, you can install it from the Adobe website.
OTHER TESTS OF DIRECTED ATTENTION
Other EPLab tests of our capacity to direct attention
Another online Stroop effect self-test is