One of the most studied psychological phenomena is The Stroop Effect, which describes how quickly your brain deals with interference when it’s asked to dissociate a color word—like “red”—from the color of the type it’s written in (say, blue). Does a word in Column A match the color of the text in Column B? Color Match challenges you to quickly respond when the sense and color do match, and when they don’t. Click below to play Color Match now—it’s unlocked for you all week. http://bit.ly/Stroop20

Can your brain beat this classic cognitive test? 🧠 Alex Dainis explores the Stroop Effect, a fascinating phenomenon in cognitive science that reveals just how automatic reading is for most people. Let us know if you passed the test in the comments below! #Science #BrainGames #CognitiveScience #WomeninSTEM #Reading | Museum of Science, Boston

Stroop Effect is a psychological phenomenon where naming the color of a word takes longer if the word itself is the name of a different color (e.g., the word “blue” written in red ink) compared to when the word and color match or the word is neutral. Dr Saranya Jaikumar Educational Psychologist | Dr Saranya Jaikumar videos