Emotional Stroop Task

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Emotional Stroop Task With Keyboard Responses

The emotional stroop task described by Smith & Waterman (2003) using manual keyboard responding.
Duration: 5 minutes
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Emotional Stroop Task With Verbal Resonding

The emotional stroop task described by Smith & Waterman (2003) using recorded verbal responding.
Duration: 5 minutes
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References

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Williams, J. M., Mathews, A., & MacLeod, C. (January 01, 1996). The emotional Stroop task and psychopathology. Psychological Bulletin, 120, 1, 3-24.

Cannon, B. J. (January 01, 2003). An emotional Stroop effect to malingering-related words. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 96, 3, 827-34.

Pérez-Edgar, K., & Fox, N. A. (January 01, 2003). Individual differences in children's performance during an emotional Stroop task: a behavioral and electrophysiological study. Brain and Cognition, 52, 1, 33-51.

Smith, P. & Waterman, M. (2003). Processing bias for aggression words in forensic and nonforensic samples. Cognition and Emotion, 17, 681-701.

Strauss, G., Allen, D., Jorgensen, M., & Cramer, S. (January 01, 2005). Test-Retest Reliability of Standard and Emotional Stroop Tasks. Assessment, 12, 3, 330-337.

Price RB, Siegle G, Mohlman J. (2012). Emotional stroop performance in older adults: effects of habitual worry. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20, 798-805.

Isaac L, Vrijsen JN, Eling P, van Oostrom I, Speckens A, Becker ES (2012). Verbal and facial-emotional Stroop tasks reveal specific attentional interferences in sad mood. Brain and behavior, 2, 74-83.

Witthöft M, Mier D, Ofer J, Müller T, Rist F, Kirsch P, Bailer J, Diener C (2013). Neuronal and Behavioral Correlates of Health Anxiety: Results of an Illness-Related Emotional Stroop Task. Neuropsychobiology, 67, 93-102.