The Stroop task remains a fundamental paradigm for investigating cognitive conflict and attentional control. In this task, participants are required to name the ink colour of a word that may itself ...

Researchers found that just 10 minutes of stretching enhanced feelings of vigor and lowered feelings of anger, depression, ...

Some reports indicate that cigarette smoking can help smokers focus attention, even when they have not abstained from smoking for a substantial period of time (eg, >1 h). Understanding the mechanisms ...

(via SciShow Psych) The task sounds like it should be pretty easy, but the Stroop task is a fantastic, and very well studied, example of how your brain’s automatic processing can trip you up!

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Three experiments showed that the pattern of interference of single-modality Stroop tests also exists cross-modally. Distractors and targets ...