The Stroop Color and Word Test

By Federica Scarpina, Sofia Tagini. Frontiers in Psychology, 2017

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The Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT) is a neuropsychological test extensively used to assess the ability to inhibit cognitive interference that occurs when the processing of a specific stimulus feature impedes the simultaneous processing of a second stimulus attribute, well-known as the Stroop Effect. The aim of the present work is to verify the theoretical adequacy of the various scoring methods used to measure the Stroop effect. We present a systematic review of studies that have provided normative data for the SCWT. We referred to both electronic databases (i.e., PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar) and citations. Our findings show that while several scoring methods have been reported in literature, none of the reviewed methods enables us to fully assess the Stroop effect. Furthermore, we discuss several normative scoring methods from the Italian panorama as reported in literature. We claim for an alternative scoring method which takes into consideration both speed and accuracy of the response. Finally, we underline the importance of assessing the performance in all Stroop Test conditions (word reading, color naming, named color-word).

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience

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Citations in the corpus

• Behavioural Brain Research (2016, neutral): “Testing began shortly after completion of Experiment 1.”
• Brain volume and intelligence: The moderating role of intelligence measurement quality (2017, methodology): “For example, the administration of the five minute Stroop test (Golden, 1978) could not be classified justifiably as an excellent, or even a good, measure of”
• Quantitative Electroencephalographic Measures of Voltage Amplitude and Dominant Frequency Associated With the Stroop Color-Conflict Cognitive-Interference Task in Medical Students (2025, unknown): “The Stroop color-conflict test is one of the most widely used paradigms for investigating cognitive interference and response inhibition [26].”