Concept information
Preferred term
Stroop test
Definition
- A method for studying the cognitive interference that occurs when subjects are asked to name the color of the ink with which words are written that themselves denoting a different color (translated and adapted from Augustinova et al., 2016, p. 46).
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Synonym(s)
- color-word Stroop paradigm
- color-word Stroop task
- Jaensch effect
- Stroop Color and Word Test
- Stroop color–word interference test
- Stroop paradigm
- Stroop task
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Algom, D., Fitousi, D., & Chajut, E. (2022). Can the Stroop effect serve as the gold standard of conflict monitoring and control? A conceptual critique. Memory & Cognition, 50(5), 883‑897. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-021-01251-5
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
- • Augustinova, M., Almeida, E., Clarys, D., Ferrand, L., Izaute, M., Jalenques, I., Juneau, C., Normand, A., & Silvert, L. (2016). Que mesure l’interférence Stroop ? Quand et comment ? Arguments méthodologiques et théoriques en faveur d’un changement de pratiques dans sa mesure. L’Année psychologique, 116(1), 45‑66. https://doi.org/10.4074/S000350331500024X
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
- • Jaensch, E.R (1929). Grundformen menschlichen Seins. Berlin: Otto Elsner.
{{#each properties}}• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
- • Kiyonaga, A., & Egner, T. (2014). The working memory stroop effect: When internal representations clash with external stimuli. Psychological Science, 25(8), 1619–1629.
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
- • MacLeod, C. M. (1991). Half a century of research on the Stroop effect: An integrative review. Psychological Bulletin, 109(2), 163–203. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.109.2.163
• Document type: historical study
, literature review• Access: closed
- • Stroop, R. J. (1935). Studies of interference in serial verbal reactions. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 18(6), 643‑662. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0054651
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
- • Viviani, G., Visalli, A., Montefinese, M., Vallesi, A., & Ambrosini, E. (2024). The Stroop legacy : A cautionary tale on methodological issues and a proposed spatial solution. Behavior Research Methods, 56(5), 4758‑4785. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02215-0
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
Creator
- Frank Arnould
Study method of
Example
- An example of a procedure for a Stroop task consists in presenting the participant with a series of words written in different ink colors. The participant is asked to name the color of the ink with which the words are written. In the congruent condition, the word and the ink color match. For example, the word “red” is written in red, and the participant must respond “red”. In the incongruent condition, the word and ink color do not match. For example, the word “yellow” is written in blue and the participant must answer “blue”. In this case, subjects tend to respond by the color denoted by the word and not by the color of the ink. The difference in performance (response time or errors) between these conditions is used to measure the Stroop effect, which reflects the cognitive conflict and the capacity to inhibit an automatic response.
In other languages
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French
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effet Jaensch
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paradigme de Stroop
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tâche de Stroop
URI
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