Stroop Effect Essay

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University of Essex Department of psychology Research Methods in psychology (PS114) Laboratory report Group B The Stroop effect at different levels of asynchrony using two levels, congruent and incongruent. Reg No: 1002878 25/03/2011 Word count 2,500 The Stroop effect at different levels of asynchrony using two levels, congruent and incongruent. Abstract The experiment conducted was to test the reliability of the horse race model. The reading process was delayed in order for the naming processing to reach the single channel first. The results showed that there was no interference between the word stimulus and the colour stimulus. This led to the conclusion, as the onset asynchrony increases is a point whereby there is no interference. This meant that there was no stroop effect. Introduction In 1935 John Ridley Stroop introduced the theory of stroop effect. According to current research the part of the brain that responds when individuals are given two conflicting signals is known as the anterior cingulate. Its function thought processes and emotional responses. It’s located between the frontal portion sides left and right. By using the stroop effect psychologists have been able to test the effects found in the cognitive due to attention fatigue. The other purpose of the stroop effect is that it shows the dominations of some parts of the brain and how functional areas are dominated. The studies that have been used to measure the functions in the brain using the FMRI and the EEG have shown that there is a selective activation of the cingulated cortex during the stroop task. stroop effect is tested using the colour identification task. This includes participants being asked to say as
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