So did you notice that it took more time and conscious effort to name the colour when it did not match the word? If you did then this is know as the Stroop effect. This short clip comes from the longer Stroop test that was originally designed by John Stroop in 1935. It was taught as one of the classic psychology experiments back in my undergraduate days and I’m sharing it with you as just one example of how amazing your brain is. So what is happening? The Stroop effect demonstrates something called cognitive interference. You experience a delayed reaction because the information about the colour of the print and the word does not match up. How is this useful? This test can be combined with others to measure a person’s selective attention capacity and their processing speed ability. Here are two theories about why it happens: The theory of automaticity suggests that recognising and labelling colours is not an automatic process so it takes time and conscious effort (maybe because you don’t often need to do this). The brain automatically understands the meaning of words because it is so well practiced at it. Another theory is selective attention theory. This suggests that colour recognition requires more attention than reading a word, so it takes longer. #stroop #psychology #cognition #brain #psychologyfacts #understandyourbrain #amazingbrain #psychologist #therapist #amazinghumans #mentalhealth #psychologytests #psychologytest #quiz #psychologygame #speedybrain #speed #coolfacts #funfacts https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ruCTDj0uW/?igshid=1xltr48rjqr64
