Stroop effect

noun

Stroop effect

noun

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

1

Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences 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).

Related terms
Stroop test

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