The sound of stroop: Acoustic effects in stroop interference

Authors

  • Boaz M. Ben-David Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, St. George Campus, 500 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1V7, Canada
  • Pascal H.H.M. Van Lieshout Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, St. George Campus, 500 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1V7, Canada
  • Alex Nishta Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, St. George Campus, 500 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1V7, Canada

Keywords:

Color, Computer monitors, Osmium, Acoustic chamber, Acoustic characteristic, Acoustic effects, Age groups, Single-walled

Abstract

A study was conducted to compare the acoustic characteristics of responses to color-naming incongruent and neutral stimuli. Twenty-four native English speaking young adult subjects participated in the study, having minimum Snellen fraction and pure-tone air-conduction thresholds appropriate for their age group. The study included two blocks of 16 trials, which were incongruent and neutral. The incongruent block included the four-colored words Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow printed in different colors. The neutral block included strings of 4 Os printed in green, blue, yellow, and red font colors. Participants were tested individually in a single-walled acoustic chamber, seated in front of a computer monitor. They were asked to loudly name the font colors of the words presented on the monitor into the microphone placed before them.

Additional Files

Published

2009-09-01

How to Cite

1.
Ben-David BM, Van Lieshout PH, Nishta A. The sound of stroop: Acoustic effects in stroop interference. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 2009 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 19];37(3):188-9. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/2197

Issue

Section

Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada