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Quick! say aloud what color you see in every word, NOT the word you read.   The Stroop test is used in neuropsychological evaluations to measure mental vitality and flexibility, since performing well requires strong inhibition capability. Enjoy the day.

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1. # Mariaon 14 Sep 2006 at 8:23

   This is tricky--and fun! Thanks for the mental calisthenics!
   --Maria

2. # Beateon 20 Sep 2006 at 10:28

   Ha! I really slowed down when the color and word no longer coincided. Association is a strong predicter of response!

3. # Victoriaon 21 Sep 2006 at 4:34

   Answer: Brown

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5. # Alvaroon 25 Sep 2006 at 10:34

   Happy that you enjoyed it!

6. # Aaronon 29 Sep 2006 at 2:31

   The trick of these is dissociating from the text itself. A slight relaxation of the pupils and the text becomes blurred allowing one to focus only on the color.

7. # Alvaroon 30 Sep 2006 at 9:13

   Aaron: great trick. You can certainly do that. Alternatively, you can train your brain to inhibit your natural response and instead develop a new response pattern.

8. # halo1on 03 May 2007 at 10:34

   its hard

9. # shashankon 11 Dec 2007 at 10:58

   blue color , its all filled inside all the letters of the words given .

10. # Alvaroon 11 Dec 2007 at 6:20

    Shasha: a very creative, and technically correct, answer Now, can you also say the color of each word?

11. # SammyPon 15 May 2008 at 6:31

    That's hard at first...but when I group the words by color (all reds, all greens, etc) and then jump around to that color it becomes very easy. I think that might be cheating. (I like shashank's answer too)

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