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Stroop effect en · NOUN

Etymology

After John Ridley Stroop, who first published the effect in English in 1935.

Meanings

  1. The effect that a subject has a longer reaction time when naming the colours of words if the words describe colours other than their own (such as "red" printed in blue ink).

Forms

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Relateds

Stroop test

wikipedia: John Ridley Stroop