I Can Read These Colours. Orthographic Manipulations and the Development of the Colour-Word Stroop
The colour-word Stroop is a popular measure in psychological assessments. Evidence suggests that Stroop performance relies heavily on reading, an ability that improves over childhood. One way to influence reading proficiency is by orthographic manipulations. To determine the degree of interferenc...
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| description | The colour-word Stroop is a popular measure in psychological assessments. Evidence suggests that Stroop performance relies heavily on reading, an ability that improves over childhood. One way to influence reading proficiency is by orthographic manipulations. To determine the degree of interference posed by orthographic manipulations with development, in addition to standard colour Words (purple) we manipulated letter positions: First/last letter in correct place (prulpe) and Scrambled (ulrpep). We tested children 7 to 16 years (n =128) and adults (n = 23). Analyses showed that Word- and First/last-incongruent were qualitatively similar, whereas Word-congruent was different than other conditions. Results suggest that for children and adults, performance was hindered the most for incongruent and incorrectly spelled words and was most facilitated when words were congruent with the ink colour and correctly spelled. Implications on visual word recognition and reading are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4f726c9c4d74fe39f9f6abb7a6bf7922022-12-21T21:03:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782013-01-01310.3389/fpsyg.2012.0059437142I Can Read These Colours. Orthographic Manipulations and the Development of the Colour-Word StroopMarie eArsalidou0Alba eAgostino1Sarah eMaxwell2Margot J Taylor3The Hospital for Sick ChildrenRyerson UniversityThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenThe colour-word Stroop is a popular measure in psychological assessments. Evidence suggests that Stroop performance relies heavily on reading, an ability that improves over childhood. One way to influence reading proficiency is by orthographic manipulations. To determine the degree of interference posed by orthographic manipulations with development, in addition to standard colour Words (purple) we manipulated letter positions: First/last letter in correct place (prulpe) and Scrambled (ulrpep). We tested children 7 to 16 years (n =128) and adults (n = 23). Analyses showed that Word- and First/last-incongruent were qualitatively similar, whereas Word-congruent was different than other conditions. Results suggest that for children and adults, performance was hindered the most for incongruent and incorrectly spelled words and was most facilitated when words were congruent with the ink colour and correctly spelled. Implications on visual word recognition and reading are discussed.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00594/fullinterferenceChildrenfacilitationColour-word Strooporthographic manipulation |
| spellingShingle | Marie eArsalidou Alba eAgostino Sarah eMaxwell Margot J Taylor I Can Read These Colours. Orthographic Manipulations and the Development of the Colour-Word Stroop Frontiers in Psychology interference Children facilitation Colour-word Stroop orthographic manipulation |
| title | I Can Read These Colours. Orthographic Manipulations and the Development of the Colour-Word Stroop |
| title_full | I Can Read These Colours. Orthographic Manipulations and the Development of the Colour-Word Stroop |
| title_fullStr | I Can Read These Colours. Orthographic Manipulations and the Development of the Colour-Word Stroop |
| title_full_unstemmed | I Can Read These Colours. Orthographic Manipulations and the Development of the Colour-Word Stroop |
| title_short | I Can Read These Colours. Orthographic Manipulations and the Development of the Colour-Word Stroop |
| title_sort | i can read these colours orthographic manipulations and the development of the colour word stroop |
| topic | interference Children facilitation Colour-word Stroop orthographic manipulation |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00594/full |
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