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J. Ridley Stroop.

Psychologist whose experiments studied interference between reading words and naming ink colors.

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Stroop Effect

Name the ink color while the word tries to distract you.

Perception & DesignBehavioral Psychology

Discussed by J. Ridley Stroop

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