Verbal interference in a perceptual comparison task

Howard E. Egeth; David L. Blecker; Arthur S. Kamlet

doi:10.3758/BF03212790

Verbal interference in a perceptual comparison task

Howard E. Egeth, David L. Blecker, Arthur S. Kamlet

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

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When Ss had to indicate if the colors of pairs of items from the Stroop test were the same or different, the usual interference effect was completely eliminated. However, when the verbal information consisted of SAME and DIFF rather than color names, interference was reestablished. This indicates that the perceptual comparison task does not eliminate interference simply by rendering Ss insensitive to the meanings of words.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	355-356
Number of pages	2
Journal	Perception & Psychophysics
Volume	6
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03212790
State	Published - Nov 1969

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