Stroop effect
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
After John Ridley Stroop, who first published the effect in English in 1935.
Noun[edit]
Stroop effect (plural Stroop effects)
- (psychology) The effect that a subject has a longer reaction time when naming the colours of words if the words describe colours other than their own (such as "red" printed in blue ink).