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Automaticity in reading and the Stroop task: testing the limits of involuntary word processing.
Full Abstract
We investigated the parameters of involuntary word reading in the Stroop task in 7 experiments. Experiments 1-4 varied response modality and the presence of congruent word trials in a test of the claim that presenting a Stroop color word with only one letter in the target color eliminates the Stroop effect. Experiments 5 and 6 addressed the roles of spatial attention and orthographic processing as possible mechanisms behind the reduction of Stroop effects with the single-letter format. Experiment 7 investigated the limits of involuntary reading under optimal conditions for selective processing of rectangular color patch targets. We found that the single-letter format reduced but never eliminated Stroop effects, spatial attention but not orthographic processing plays a role in the effect of the single-letter format, and word reading is not completely prevented even with austere presentation conditions. We conclude with a defense of the involuntariness criterion for automaticity in the Stroop task, particularly when word reading is viewed in the context of a skilled performance.
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Author/s: Brown, Tracy L (TL); Joneleit, Kelly (K); Robinson, Cathy S (CS); Brown, Carli Rose (CR);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, CPO#1960, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC 28804, USA. TLBrown@unca.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: The American journal of psychology (Am J Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-; vol 115 (issue 4) : pp 515-43
Dates: Created 2003/01/08; Completed 2003/04/04; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12516527, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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