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Various forms of the Stroop test have been developed. These differ in terms of (a) number of colors used, (b) type of stimuli used to present the color patches on Page 2, (c) presentation of items across columns or down rows, and (d) method of scoring. In general, simpler versions of the test work as well as more complex versions. Scoring may reflect the number of items completed in a given period of time or the time to complete a set number of items. These approaches appear to generate very similar results.
Most versions of the Stroop test consist of three pages. For example, in the first generalized standardized version introduced by Golden (1975), Page 1 consisted of the words “RED,” “GREEN,” and “BLUE” arranged randomly and printed in black ink on a white 8.5″ × 11″ sheet of paper. No word was allowed to follow itself within a column. Page 2 consisted of 100 items, all written as XXXX, printed in either red, green, or blue...
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Golden, C.J. (2017). Stroop Effect. In: Kreutzer, J., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_1910-2
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