The Stroop Task: The Psych Test You Cannot Beat

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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! We make science kits now! Go to http://UniverseUnboxed.com to learn more, order one online, or find them in a store near you. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: AAdam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364661300015308 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/280/5364/747 https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/1991-06463-001.html https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1936-01863-001 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11252769 https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/1990-27437-001.html http://web.stanford.edu/~jlmcc/papers/PDP/Volume%201/Chap1_Part1_PDP86.pdf https://www.

Published 2019-07-15 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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