Stroop Effect: Reading Colored Words

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Purple	Orange	Green	Red
Brown	Purple	Pink	Blue
Yellow	Green	Brown	Purple
Pink	Brown	Yellow	Red

This Demonstration compares the speed of reciting colors of words that either match the meaning of the words or not. When colors do not match, the word's meaning interferes with saying the word's color (the Stroop effect). For example, showing the word "purple" with yellow letters makes it more difficult to name the color (yellow in this case) than showing the word "purple" with purple letters.