To group or not to group: An ecological consideration of the Stroop effect

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-291

  Reynolds, Michael ^a   Kwan, Donna ^b   Smilek, Daniel ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive ethology; Contextual control; Interference; Perceptual organization; Stroop dilution automaticity; Stroop effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954134902     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000033     Document Type: Article

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