Stroop effect
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Stroop_comparison.png/290px-Stroop_comparison.png)
Etymology
[edit]After John Ridley Stroop, who first published the effect in English in 1935.
Noun
[edit]Stroop effect (plural Stroop effects)
- (psychology) The effect that a subject has a longer reaction time when naming the colours of words if the words describe colours other than their own (such as "red" printed in blue ink).