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Reaction Time and the Stroop Test
Read these words out loud to yourself as quickly as possible. Notice what happens in the third line. Your reaction time (how long it takes to read the list) is a ratio variable (also called a scale variable). The Stroop test assesses how long it takes to read a list of colored words printed in the wrong color, such as the word red printed in the color white.
Reaction Time and the Stroop Test
Read these words out loud to yourself as quickly as possible. Notice what happens in the third line. Your reaction time (how long it takes to read the list) is a ratio variable (also called a scale variable). The Stroop test assesses how long it takes to read a list of colored words printed in the wrong color, such as the word red printed in the color white.