In 1935 John Ridley Stroop published an article with a new experiment showing that people struggle to name things when there is a conflicting word corresponding with those things. While mostly a novelty, this test has found relevance in diagnostic testing such as for ADHD. We'll explain the test and how it works.

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Links for the Stroop Test:

https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/ready.html
https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/readyd.html
https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/readyn.html
https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/readya.html
https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/pdf/shape_stroop.pdf

Other references:

https://www.focusaur.com/pages/stroop-effect-test
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroop_effect
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1988818/
https://www.apa.org/research-practice/conduct-research/stroop-effect
https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Stroop/

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