A Stroop test running as a short video. Color words appear one at a time, each printed in an ink color, and the viewer says the ink color, not the word.
The Stroop test in 60 seconds
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Run the test on screen, then explain why naming the ink color is slower when the word names another color.
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What to do and say
A sample script of about 80 words. Say it your own way. Fill in the highlighted parts from your own run of the test, such as the numbers on your results screen.
- 0:00
DoOpen on one color word printed in a different ink, and ask viewers to say the ink color.
SayQuick. Say the color of the ink, not the word. Harder than it looks, right?
- 0:05
DoRun a few trials on screen, some where the word and ink match and some where they do not.
SayThis is the Stroop test. When the word matches its ink, it's easy. When it names a different color, I slow down.
- 0:35
DoExplain why the mismatched words are slower: reading is automatic, so the word gets in the way of the color.
SayThat slowdown is the Stroop effect. Mine was [Stroop Effect] milliseconds. Reading is so automatic that the word gets in the way of naming the ink. Stroop described it in 1935, and researchers still use the test to study attention.
- 0:55
DoShow the test's page on conductcognition.com.
SayTry it yourself at conductcognition.com.
Posting it yourself? Say that ConductScience paid you, in the video or the caption, and use the platform's paid partnership label if it has one.
What viewers should learn
Naming the ink color takes longer when the word names a different color. This is the Stroop effect.
Classic paper: Stroop, 1935.
Try the test before you film
Take it yourself first: Stroop Color-Word Test on conductcognition.com. On the test's page, choose Preview it free. It asks you to sign in, or to create a free account.
Film yourself taking the test, or use sample data. Never show real participants, children, patients, private records or unpublished results. Get permission before you film at your school or workplace, or name it. The handbook has the rest.
Image credits
- A person in an EEG cap at a computer, during an experiment. Flexagoon, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0, cropped.
