The Stroop Task

Shout out the colour of the word on the next page

GREEN

RED

BLUE

PINK

YELLOW

Remember that you’re shouting out the colour of the word, not the word itself

GREEN

YELLOW

RED

PINK

BLUE

On the next page you’ll see lots of words. Shout out the colour of each one. (Read from left to right as usual)

GreenBlueRedYellowRed PinkGreenBlueRedYellow BlueGreenPinkRedBlue RedYellowBlueGreen YellowPinkYellowBlueRed

Which words were easy and which were hard?

GREEN When you read a word there are actually two pieces of information your brain is processing: The word (GREEN) and the colour that it’s written in ( )

BLUE If these are the same, then your brain finds this task really easy. But if they’re different then it’s really hard! YELLOW

Thank you for playing! Do you have any questions?

Created by Kirstie Whitaker for the Cambridge Science Festival