The Stroop task remains a fundamental paradigm for investigating cognitive conflict and attentional control. In this task, participants are required to name the ink colour of a word that may itself ...

Some reports indicate that cigarette smoking can help smokers focus attention, even when they have not abstained from smoking for a substantial period of time (eg, >1 h). Understanding the mechanisms ...

(via SciShow Psych) The task sounds like it should be pretty easy, but the Stroop task is a fantastic, and very well studied, example of how your brain’s automatic processing can trip you up!

The way we see and process information is a key component of how we respond, behave, and perceive the world around us. There are things that our brains automatically process because they are congruent ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Three experiments showed that the pattern of interference of single-modality Stroop tests also exists cross-modally. Distractors and targets ...

A classic psychology experiment based in a simple, funny, yet devilish game shows how play reveals the inner working of our minds. Did you know that it’s rumored that a simple game helped ...