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Contents 1) 1) Introduction 2) Method 3) Results 4) Discussion 5) References 6) Appendices 02 04 06 09 12 13 Introduction Background Research 'The Stroop effect' is defined as an 'interference in attention.' The idea of interference is well demonstrated in the skill of reading. We acquire this skill after years of learning, and the process eventually becomes automatic. Many studies have shown that reading can prove to be a great weakness when a person is asked to perform a task against the words involved in the method. The best way to explain this is to look immediately at the original experiment by 'J.R. Stroop' in 1935, namely the 'Stroop colour-word' task. Stroop asked his participants to firstly read aloud four colour words, which were written in ink colours opposing the written colour of the words. For example, the word 'red' would be written in blue ink, and Stroop would ask the participant to read the word. The participants did not appear...

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