= Stroop effect
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The Stroop effect is a psychological phenomenon that demonstrates the interference in reaction times when the processing of one type of information is disrupted by conflicting information from another type. It is most commonly illustrated through the Stroop color-naming task. In a typical Stroop task, participants are presented with words that are names of colors (e.g., "red," "blue," "green") printed in ink that is either congruent (e.g.
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