In 1935 John Ridley Stroop published an article with a new experiment showing that people struggle to name things when there is a conflicting word corresponding with those things. While mostly a novelty, this test has found relevance in diagnostic testing such as for ADHD. We'll explain the test and how it works.
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Links for the Stroop Test:
- https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/ready.html
- https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/readyd.html
- https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/readyn.html
- https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/readya.html
- https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/pdf/shape_stroop.pdf
Other references:
- https://www.focusaur.com/pages/stroop-effect-test
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroop_effect
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1988818/
- https://www.apa.org/research-practice/conduct-research/stroop-effect
- https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Stroop/
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