Stroop Task

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Available Test Forms

Alcohol Stroop Task - Keyboard

The Alcohol Stroop Task using keyboard input as created by Bauer & Cox (1998).
Duration: 12 minutes
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Alcohol Stroop Task - Verbal

The Alcohol Stroop Task using voice input as created by Bauer & Cox (1998).
Duration: 12 minutes
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Auditory Stroop Task (Acoustic Dimensions)

This implements an Auditory Stroop designed by Morgan & Brandt (1989) in which respondents judge acoustic properties (pitch, loudness, duration) of auditory stimuli.
Duration: 35 minutes
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Auditory Stroop Task (Gender)

This implements an Auditory Stroop designed by Green & Barber (1981) in which respondents judge the gender of the speaker for auditory stimuli.
Duration: 8 minutes
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Color Word Stroop with Keyboard Responding

English version of the color word stroop task using keyboard input.
Duration: 3 minutes
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Arabic
Mar 13, 2024, 4:14PM
Chinese
Mar 13, 2024, 4:14PM
Norwegian
Mar 13, 2024, 4:14PM
Portuguese
Mar 13, 2024, 4:14PM
Romanian
Mar 13, 2024, 4:14PM

Color Word Stroop with Speech Recognition

This sample runs a Stroop task with in which participants verbally name the color of the words as in the original version of the task.
Duration: 3 minutes
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Color Word Stroop with Voice Recording

The Stroop color naming task using recorded verbal responses.
Duration: 3 minutes
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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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Emotional Stroop Test - ABCD Consortium - Keyboard Input

The emotiona stroop task for adolescents used in the ABCD Consortium's longitudinal study on cognitive development from childhood to early adulthood.
Duration: 10 minutes
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English
Mar 13, 2024, 4:14PM

Emotional Stroop Test - ABCD Consortium - Touch Input on ipads (in person testing)

The emotiona stroop task for adolescents used in the ABCD Consortium's longitudinal study on cognitive development from childhood to early adulthood.
Duration: 10 minutes
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English
Mar 13, 2024, 4:14PM
French
Mar 13, 2024, 4:14PM
German
Mar 13, 2024, 4:14PM

Emotional Stroop Test - ABCD Consortium - Touch Input on smartphones (remote testing)

The emotional stroop task for adolescents used in the ABCD Consortium's longitudinal study on cognitive development from childhood to early adulthood.
Duration: 10 minutes
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English
Feb 23, 2022, 10:24PM

Food Stroop (Keyboard)

The Food Stroop Task for measuring interference of food-related words on the peformance of a Stroop task. Thanks to Dr. Elissa Epel and Nana Lea O’Donnell at UCSF for providing the stimuli and guidance on this procedure. This version uses keyboard responding.
Duration: 5 minutes
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English
Mar 13, 2024, 4:14PM
Spanish
Mar 13, 2024, 4:14PM

Food Stroop (Verbal)

The Food Stroop Task for measuring interference of food-related words on the peformance of a Stroop task. Thanks to Dr. Elissa Epel and Nana Lea O’Donnell at UCSF for providing the stimuli and guidance on this procedure. This version uses verbal responding.
Duration: 8 minutes
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Spanish
Mar 13, 2024, 4:14PM

References

Google ScholarSearch Google Scholar for peer-reviewed, published research using the Inquisit Stroop Task.

Stroop, J, R. (1935). Studies of interference in serial verbal reactions. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 18, 643-662.

Jensen, A. R., Rohwer, W. D. (1966). The Stroop color-word test: a review. Acta psychologica, 25, 36–93.

Golden, C. J. (1978). Stroop Color and Word Test: A Manual for Clinical and Experimental Uses. Chicago, Illinois: Skoelting. pp. 1–32.

MacLeod C.M. (1991). Half a century of research on the Stroop effect: an integrative review. Psychological Bulletin, 109, 163–203.