Language Fun: The Stroop Effect

Want to trick your brain?

You probably don’t think about the fact that you’re reading whenever you see text, but somehow you can still remember what you saw after driving by a billboard on the highway or after you glance at a sign somewhere. How does reading work like that? This week, we’ve got a quick version of the Language Pod’s most popular demo, which shows off the Stroop Effect.

 

Give the game a shot and see you how do! Click here to give it a try.

How did you do? Tell us how it went in the comments! Have your family and friends try it, too, and see who can do the task the easiest/fastest. What might that mean about reading and our brains?

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