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Stroop test  

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  • A test of inhibitory capacity used as a measure of the central executive of working memory. Subjects are asked to name the color in which words are written, but the color of the words is sometimes different from the color they denote (e.g., the word "red" is written in green.) In this case, subjects tend to respond with the color denoted by the words. To pass this test, subjects have to inhibit the automatic reading of the words in order to name the color of the ink.

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  • color-word Stroop paradigm
  • color-word Stroop task
  • Stroop color–word interference test
  • Stroop paradigm
  • Stroop task

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  • • 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

    [Study 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

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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