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The Stroop Task
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Shout out the colour of the word on the next page
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GREEN
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RED
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BLUE
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PINK
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YELLOW
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Remember that you’re shouting out the colour of the word, not the word itself
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GREEN
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YELLOW
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RED
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PINK
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BLUE
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On the next page you’ll see lots of words. Shout out the colour of each one. (Read from left to right as usual)
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GreenBlueRedYellowRed PinkGreenBlueRedYellow BlueGreenPinkRedBlue RedYellowBlueGreen YellowPinkYellowBlueRed
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Which words were easy and which were hard?
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GREEN When you read a word there are actually two pieces of information your brain is processing: The word (GREEN) and the colour that it’s written in ( )
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BLUE If these are the same, then your brain finds this task really easy. But if they’re different then it’s really hard! YELLOW
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Thank you for playing! Do you have any questions?
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Created by Kirstie Whitaker for the Cambridge Science Festival www.kirstiewhitaker.com www.figshare.com/
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