tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post1632172784817768576..comments2024-03-18T07:23:32.809-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: The Stroop EffectJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-56879746212545896532012-07-05T14:27:47.638-04:002012-07-05T14:27:47.638-04:00The Stroop task is very interesting. There is a t...The Stroop task is very interesting. There is a theory, the <a href="http://dimensional-overlap.com/" rel="nofollow">Dimensional Overlap Model</a>, that talks about exactly how and why the Stroop effect happens.<br /><br />Oh... one more piece of trivia: It was actually discovered before Stroop, by a German psychologist named Jaensch! But he only published the idea in German, so word didn't spread. :-)Greg Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313622620664220645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-58927542353222471432012-06-05T11:35:11.276-04:002012-06-05T11:35:11.276-04:00I didn't have any trouble with this exercise w...I didn't have any trouble with this exercise whatsoever; but being somewhat colorblind I suppose I have a rare advantage. ;) Wonder if they COULD design a setup that would trick the mind of, say, an anomalous trichromat, but using a different set of parameters?Laura G. Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-12080801276966169822012-06-01T18:13:28.834-04:002012-06-01T18:13:28.834-04:00I have a theory. For the first task, we just have...I have a theory. For the first task, we just have to read off the written series of words, and that is something which we've had lots and lots of practice at. For the second task, we have to say the colors of a series of things, but that is something most of us have had little practice at. (You and other artists might be exceptions.)<br /><br />Here is something similar. I once thought I might train myself to better recognize aromas, and I took a bunch of identically shaped spice bottles, closed my eyes, shuffled them, chose one at random, opened it and sniffed, then tried to say aloud the name of the spice. I found that I just couldn't do it. I would know the aroma perfectly well, but I couldn't say the name.<br /><br />Maybe putting names, actual pronunciations, to things is something that requires task-specific practice.Gregory Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293280236115306205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-47793226489381497832012-06-01T15:22:38.436-04:002012-06-01T15:22:38.436-04:00Wow. I've been paying more attention to my art...Wow. I've been paying more attention to my art in the past few years. The first time I ran into this test, I noticed how long it took to identify the colors in the second row and did make some mistakes.<br /><br />This time was almost as fast with no mistakes. I think I've been staring at my palette for too long! Thanks for posting it, this sort of thing is fun!robertsloan2arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02598847116529877475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-89439373708478465872012-06-01T15:10:04.386-04:002012-06-01T15:10:04.386-04:00Jim, I read somewhere that the effect was used at ...Jim, I read somewhere that the effect was used at some point to detect spies. <br /><br />For instance, suppose you had someone who you suspected to be russian but who claimed otherwise. Then you would run this test through him, with the words written in russian. If he was slower on the second sequence or made more mistakes then you'd have evidence that he understood written russian. <br /><br />Jeffkunze: I also cheated, by unfocusing a bit and losing context (also, looking at the last letter of the word and the space after that). It works, though I think I was still a little bit slower on the second row. It makes me think that once the enemy spies hear of the test they can train to beat it :)António Araújohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03059765930331992020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-40816762588950074622012-06-01T13:59:40.795-04:002012-06-01T13:59:40.795-04:00Actually I didn't have much trouble with the s...Actually I didn't have much trouble with the second line and might have done it faster, but I might have cheated a little. I think I was using my peripheral vision to identify the colors before I focused on the letter patterns. Might be a little trick. <br /><br />I tried doing it backwards and didn't do nearly as well.jeffkunzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778948523420524882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-2983343392644524372012-06-01T12:00:43.900-04:002012-06-01T12:00:43.900-04:00Aha! I was wondering the relation. Accordion eh? T...Aha! I was wondering the relation. Accordion eh? That's something you don't see much anymore. Beautiful instrument though. I only know two people that play one. One of them is in her nineties.Keith Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579786144772849547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-31738614153873717942012-06-01T10:08:52.811-04:002012-06-01T10:08:52.811-04:00Thanks, Lester. I miss having him playing in the s...Thanks, Lester. I miss having him playing in the studio as I paint. You've given me perfect chance to plug my son Dan Gurney, who is now living in New York, playing accordion (dangurney.net) and developing a concert streaming site (concertwindow.com).James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-47746084048660767862012-06-01T09:44:07.669-04:002012-06-01T09:44:07.669-04:00Great post, Jim. It definitely "got" me....Great post, Jim. It definitely "got" me.<br /><br />Totally off the subject -- I pulled up your son's "Hay Brigade" album of contemporary Irish music as I was painting today. Totally immersive; really tough to paint as I was bouncing to the tunes, humming along. Couldn't keep my brush straight. Good stuff.Lester Yocumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825921969405494777noreply@blogger.com