Oct 5, 2006
Stroop Test: great Brain Teaser
By: Alvaro Fernandez
Ready to test your executive attention capacity?
Quick! say aloud what color you see in every word, NOT the word you read.
Explanation: The Stroop test is used in neuropsychological evaluations to measure mental vitality and flexibility, since performing well requires strong attention and self-regulation capability.
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It was easy toward the beginning, but a couple of rows into it, it got trickier.
Thanks for the mental stimulation!
This is VERY cool. It is not unlike one of the games found in Lumosity by the way.. It’s a tough one.
I just looked at the last letter of each word, trying not to get distracted by the word itself.
I learned many years ago the best way to go into these kinds of tests is to read the instructions with total focus twice before starting. It makes a huge difference in what your brain accepts. A c
atholic school must for everything being done (work or play) whether you thought you knew the inctructions or not.
I learned many years ago the best way to go into these kinds of tests is to read the instructions with total focus twice before starting. It makes a huge difference in what your brain accepts.
The objective behind the brain teaser is to exercise your attention span.Finding an easier way to go through it for example blurring your vision simply defeats the purpose. I find myself getting better at it with simply more practice. Timing myself proves my progress.
I took a test like this as part of cognitive testing when my doctor thought my medication was having an ill effect on my memory, etc. I had no problem doing the test this way but when they had me say the colours and not the words (or X’s), I had a hard time with it.
try focusing on the last letter of each word to see only the actual color
I just made my vision blurry so I cannot read just see the colors:)
woah that was kinda realy hard. like at first it was eaasy but then i saw how it changed and it was hard for my brain to try and say the right color! it was fun though:]
I was able to correctly identify the color when started from bottom.
hey another way of going through easily is just look at the color, and dont let your brain read the spelling at start. Then you can easily go through this. It worked for me!!
Poses no problem
for those who are
literate.
The rest of you are
fuckwits.
last word doesn’t
pass the spellchecker,
but check:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fuckwit.
Nice & Simple One! enjoyed it.
it challenges our brain’s tendency to scan through words.
it was very easy for me.
maybe because i was tired and my brain forgot to focus on the meaning of the words…
funny.. the best way is not to try hard
if you blur your vision its really easy because you cant c the words!
I progressed through the first two lines and then got mixed up as i went through the other lines. I have to observe the instructions properly.
Read from the bottom and it was faster. Concentration slows down when read from top to bottom. Great exercise !!! Thanks.
I cheated and took my glass off! Worked fine and fast.
I put them back on and it was much more difficult.
Hope I’m not one that looks but doesn’t see.
Thanks, fun.
If you needed to be literate you probably didn’t understand the exercise. bet you got most of them wrong.
I have always had my own trick when doing things like this. I just make my sight blurry, so all I can see is the color shown and not be able to read the word. [:
I recently done the test in my neuropsychological assessment.I had a stroke 2yrs ago. I moved thru test slowly, found it hard to focus & concentrate but after I gave it a few go’s I got the hang of it .It’s ideal for brain training & stimulation along with all other brainteasers.
I can do it easily by blurring my vision through narrowing my eyes