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An optimal viewing position effect in the stroop task when only one letter is the color carrier

Parris, Ben A., Sharma, Dinkar, Weekes, Brendan S. (2007) An optimal viewing position effect in the stroop task when only one letter is the color carrier. Experimental Psychology, 54 (4). pp. 273-280. ISSN 1618-3169. (doi:10.1027/1618-3169.54.4.273) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:4412)

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Abstract

Coloring only a single letter in the Stroop task can result in a reduction or elimination of Stroop interference. The present experiments were designed to test whether this modulation of Stroop interference occurs at all letter positions. Specifically, we investigated whether Stroop interference was reduced when the colored letter occupied the optimal viewing position (OVP). The experiments show that Stroop interference is not reduced at the OVP ( Experiment 1) and that Stroop interference at the OVP is significantly greater than at other letter positions ( Experiments 1 and 2). This finding has important theoretical and methodological consequences for studies of automatic processing in visual word recognition

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1027/1618-3169.54.4.273
Uncontrolled keywords: optimal viewing position; Stroop automaticity; visual word recognition; selective attention
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: C.A. Simms
Date Deposited: 17 Jun 2008 17:17 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4412 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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