Hi People generally are slower to name objects (e.g., pictures, colors, ...) than to read the corresponding words. Depending on your theoretical model of semantic memory, one explanation would be that naming objects requires a connection between object representations and word representations (referential connection in Paivio's dual coding terminology) that is not needed in the case of word reading. Perhaps also relevant to point out that there is a literature on picture/name interference along the lines of the Stroop task.
I believe the same also holds in scanning a "list" to find a target, perhaps suggesting that Icons are not the most efficient sorts of representations to use in computer displays. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology [email protected] Room 4L41A 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax Dept of Psychology, U of Winnipeg 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0R4 CANADA >>> "Deborah S. Briihl" <[email protected]> 17-Feb-13 5:14 PM >>> Attention and the Stroop effect. The original work by Stroop also looked at this question. The automatic process is reading because usually we read words when we see them not name the color. We ignore the color as not being relevant to the task. However, with practice, we can get faster at the task of color naming - although most of my students report just sort of blurring the word visually to Make it easier to ignore. Deb Deborah Briihl Dept of psych and counseling Valdosta state university [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ,Sent from my iPad Question 1: Here is one thing that comes from my text book regarding Posner's original conceptions of attention and automatization of tasks: Lower level processes are more likely to become automatic than are later, more cognitive processes. So the question arises: if so, why does reading interfere with color naming (Stroop effect)? Why isn't color naming a lower level process than reading? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks Annette ps: I only get digest to any backchannel cc's will be appreciated--although responses to the list will probably be appreciated by others. Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13269.01f6211e00cc8f00a7b68e8e24b1b4d6&n=T&l=tips&o=23797 or send a blank email to leave-23797-13269.01f6211e00cc8f00a7b68e8e24b1b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-23797-13269.01f6211e00cc8f00a7b68e8e24b1b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13162.50de294b9d4987a3c89b4a5cc4bdea62&n=T&l=tips&o=23798 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-23798-13162.50de294b9d4987a3c89b4a5cc4bde...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-23798-13162.50de294b9d4987a3c89b4a5cc4bde...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=23805 or send a blank email to leave-23805-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=23806 or send a blank email to leave-23806-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
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