Half a century of research on the Stroop effect

MacLeod. (1991). Half a century of research on the Stroop effect: An integrative review. Psychological Bulletin, 0033-2909.

Type

Journal article

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Primary research

Year

1991

DOI

10.1037/0033-2909.109.2.163

Link

https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.109.2.163

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Domain-specific

• Numerical Stroop effect
  • … the distinction between constitutive identity and a convenient observable transfers from People are slower to choose the physically larger digit when the numerically larger digit is printed smaller. to Experiments counterbalance responses, include neutral baselines and separate facilitation from interference..
• Stimulus–Response Compatibility
  • None should stand in for the whole family. Not voluntary strategy alone. The effect persists when participants are instructed to ignore the irrelevant dimension, which is evidence that the competing code is not simply chosen as a conscious tactic

    This sourceMacLeod's review of some four hundred Stroop studies documents the effect's robustness against instruction and strategy, the evidence that the competing code is activated rather than chosen; the finding is established for Stroop rather than for the whole compatibility family.

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