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cognition
You cannot ignore the meaning of a word.
The Stroop effect demonstrates that you are slower at identifying the ink color of a word that names a different color.
The brain processes word meaning automatically and much faster than it processes color information. This creates interference, as your automatic reading habit clashes with the intended task. You are unable to 'turn off' your reading process.
Your brain prioritizes ingrained habits over current tasks.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Stroop, 1935, Journal of Experimental Psychology
- What the check found
- The source is correctly identified as the 1935 JEP paper, and the description accurately captures the widely accepted psychological phenomenon.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
Related
One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.