1. How does the Stroop effect demonstrate interference in the brain?
2. What is the main principle behind the Stroop effect?
3. How does the Stroop effect showcase the automatic processing of information?
4. How is the Stroop effect used in psychology experiments to study cognitive processes?

Jonh Ridley Stroop

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The Stroop effect was discovered by John Ridley Stroop in the 1930s. He conducted experiments showing that it takes longer to name the color of a word when the word itself is the name of a different color (e.g., the word "red" written in blue ink).

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