(via SciShow Psych) The task sounds like it should be pretty easy, but the Stroop task is a fantastic, and very well studied, example of how your brain’s automatic processing can trip you up!

The way we see and process information is a key component of how we respond, behave, and perceive the world around us. There are things that our brains automatically process because they are congruent ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Three experiments showed that the pattern of interference of single-modality Stroop tests also exists cross-modally. Distractors and targets ...

Cruel robot overlords get more out of their human subjects than nice ones. The mere presence of an unkind robot seems to improve our cognitive abilities, more than being watched by a friendly robot or ...