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I've done the troop test before in undergrad and it doesn't get any easier! Reading the word is so much easier than trying to read the color. You have to force your brain to think of the color while ignoring what the word says. Reading off the colors took me a lot longer than just reading the word. There were many times where I messed up and said the word instead.

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I have never taken a test like this before. For the first part, I completed it in 15.2 seconds. I did notice the second part was somewhat tricky. I completed it in 15.4 seconds. So, although it took a tiny bit longer, I actually did not feel it was too difficult.
This test showed me how we can process colors and words differently. This test can be used in a number of ways, including measuring selective attention, and measuring processing.

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By:  Andrea Heller

I had never taken this test before and initially completed it incorrectly.  At first, I read the actual words written instead of saying the colors shown.  This was much easier!  After investigating the effect more closely, I realized that you are supposed to name the colors.  This was quite the challenge for me, and I felt I needed to take a mindful moment following completion.

Although this activity was fun, I found myself wondering what implications this activity has. Since this activity requires selective sustained attention and cognitive control which can be improved with practice, I feel it is a good activity for students to complete. I have learned that activities such as reverse direction movement and games are great exercises for young children to improve executive function and attentional capacity. I also feel that these types of activities are helpful ways to form new pathways in our brains. Our knowledge of our environment impacts how we interact with it and can form habitual patterns. Disrupting these patterns can lead to neuroplasticity.

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I had a similar test that I gave as a fun cognition activity to a class of first graders that had the names of animals written inside the outlined picture of the animal. Some pictures did not have the same name as the picture, but others did. For example, two students would "face each other" and try to say the correct shape of the animal even if the outline did not match the word. The first one to say it correctly got the point. One I remembered that everyone would say wrong was the outline of the lion which actually had letters that spelled "bear." I realize this is different but it has some fun similarities! Cognitive function assessments like these allows you to understand the vast functionality and complexity of the human mind.

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I have taken similar test before, this one is fun.  Because I expected that the test was going to test me on differentiating the colors with the names, I was some what aware of it.  I was able to complete both in about the same time.  I think this is  a cool test to give to people to see how they react to the test and how much attention they pay to the test.  It is funny how this test reminded me about similar test I have done.  I once did one test that was bilingual and is so funny how in the paragraph that needed to be read was in English with Spanish words in some places.  I was able to read and understand the context of the paragraph because I am bilingual.  It is cool to think in two languages. :) 

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I have taken similar test before, this one is fun.  Because I expected that the test was going to test me on differentiating the colors with the names, I was some what aware of it.  I was able to complete both in about the same time.  I think this is  a cool test to give to people to see how they react to the test and how much attention they pay to the test.  It is funny how this test reminded me about similar test I have done.  I once did one test that was bilingual and is so funny how in the paragraph that needed to be read was in English with Spanish words in some places.  I was able to read and understand the context of the paragraph because I am bilingual.  It is cool to think in two languages. :) 

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I was able to complete the first test with ease, because as mentioned, the color and word itself was congruent. The grain did not have to stretch itself much to create the correct term. There is little conflict present. The second test was only merely strenuous than the first because I was able to focus solely on the color as I went through the chart. I am sure the font and size of the words assisted, too. I also personally tried to beat my previous time, only answering truthfully however:) I have previous educational experience with this assessments, as well as others, which aided in my seemingly easy comprehension of both tests.

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I have taken this test before and I also administer a test similar to this in the neuropsychological clinic that I work in. Generally when it comes to reading the words or saying colors (if they are in just color blocks) out loud is found to be quicker. Once you add in the interference of not reading the word but saying the color the times increase. However, just because you're slower at doing this doesn't mean you're bad at it. We have norms that show us what time is normal for what age in all of the trials, so even if it took you a bit longer to complete it, there's a high chance that you're normal for your age.

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I've done this one before also and the time difference between the two tests is significant. The first test took 16 seconds and the second was well over a minute. Like Eric, I tried a couple of times to see if I could improve my time, but really couldn't. I found myself straining and it felt like a much harder task than it seems. Silly as it may seem, I actually started to get frustrated with it.

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I have never taken the Stroop Effect test before. There was less than a one second difference between the first and second test, with the second test being the longer but I hit start instead on stop to end the second test which would explain the slight delay. I can honestly say that I found no difference between the two tests in degree of difficulty or speed of comprehension. I understand that this is an unusual response and I do have an explanation. I am not sure if this relates but I experienced profound malnutrition as a child in Haiti with subsequent left sided brain damage, especially in the areas of mathematics, logic and reasoning. Balancing those deficits, I have greater ability in verbal, creativity and the arts.

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I remember doing this exercise as an undergraduate in my Cognitive Processes course. It find that as I'm going through the words I have to concentrate extra on what I'm thinking. It definitely takes me longer to process my thoughts when the words spell out a color, but the font is in another color. I have to really slow down and concentrate on what the color of the font is as opposed to what the word spells.

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While doing this test my eyes began to hurt and go a little crazy. The first time it was easier because the colors matched with the words I was saying. When I did the second test I found myself stuttering and not saying the right colors because the colors did not match up with the words. I found myself starting the line over every time I messed up. When I think of this activity it reminds me of how quick we are to assume things because they are the first thing that comes to mind. When relating this back to this course it reminds me of how clients are diagnosed so quickly and can have the same symptoms as another illness and the diagnoses may be wrong because it was the first choice we saw. The mind is a tricky thing and as counselors it is a good reminder to slow down and really think before talking. -Melinda Webster

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I've done quite a few different mind-bender tests like this, but hadn't done this one before! It reminds me of the process by which you can read words as long as the first letter and last letter are correct. Our brains process groups of information bits at once, so when they're organized in a proper way, we can process them faster. This color-word conflict is intriguing. Creating that extra speed bump for our brains makes the difference in processing time.

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I have also completed this test before, however, this did not improve my time for completing the task. The initial test was simple and did not take much time to complete. The second test however, took some thinking and about twice as much time for me to complete. I think that this test is an excellent example to demonstrate the effect that conflict, which we experience frequently, has on our thought process and subsequent actions/interactions.  This activity made it clear that different parts of our brains are combating each other to produce the correct answer, and not the first impression answer. I learn best by understanding explanations through example so this activity really clarifies the concept of intrapsychic conflict!

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I have taken this test in the past as well. The first time I read the words, it took me 21.3 seconds and the second time I read the words, it took me 21.6 seconds.  You would think already knowing the pattern of the words, you would be able to read them faster, but that was not the case.  Having the words the second time not be in the correct color throws off your brain.  You see one word with your eyes and your braining is telling you to say another word as it is detecting the color the word is written in.  I caught myself hesitating several times when trying to read the words during the second time.  Funny how your mind plays tricks on you.....

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I have taken this test in the past as well. The first time I read the words, it took me 21.3 seconds and the second time I read the words, it took me 21.6 seconds.  You would think already knowing the pattern of the words, you would be able to read them faster, but that was not the case.  Having the words the second time not be in the correct color throws off your brain.  You see one word with your eyes and your braining is telling you to say another word as it is detecting the color the word is written in.  I caught myself hesitating several times when trying to read the words during the second time.  Funny how your mind plays tricks on you.....

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Kimberly Stahl

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I have done this test before for fun in a mental game and I thought I would be experienced doing it but I was wrong. In the end it still took significantly longer to read the colors that had a different word spelled out. Our brains want to tell us one thing we are seeing but in actuality, it is not the right color. Even after trying and practicing multiple times, it was never to the level of reading the first set of words.

Eric Wong