The Relationship Between Stroop Interference and Facilitation Effects: Statistical Artifacts, Baselines, and a Reassessment

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-99

  Brown, Tracy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline; Correlation; Facilitation; Interference; Stroop

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STROOP TEST; VISION;

COLOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STROOP TEST; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79951521139     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019252     Document Type: Article

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