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An investigation to identify whether there is a difference in the time taken to read colour words written in different colour inks than to read neutral words written in varying ink colours
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An investigation to identify whether there is a difference in the time taken to read colour words written in different colour inks than to read neutral words written in varying ink colours Background Information If a central cognitive component of a task has been practised many times, it requires very little, if any thought to carry the task and it is also difficult to stop performing the task. Therefore, performing the task is said to have become automatic. A classic example of automatic processing has been studied in the Stroop effect which was first demonstrated by J.Ridley Stroop. In this type of experiment, participants have to read aloud the colour of the ink in which words are written. The word can be a neutral word where the colour of the ink in which it is written is unrelated to its meaning (eg 'window' written in blue ink) or, the word can be...
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