STROOP TEST - A REFERENCE STIMULUS FOR PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS?

• Abstract:

  Numerous experiments dealing with measuring of changes in human physiology due to mental stress are reported. In these researches, a stimulus is commonly employed to mentally, emotionally or cognitively affect the human subject and hers/his perception, resulting in changes in physiology. When evaluating such experiments from the metrology perspective, there is a clear lack of consistence and knowledge in assessing such psychological stimuli.
  In this paper we are presenting an attempt to evaluate a commonly used colour word conflict test - the Stroop colour test, in several versions. The physiological results indicate that different versions of the Stroop test induce different levels of psychophysiological answer.
• Keywords:

  psychophysiology, Stroop test, colour word conflict test, reference stimuli
• Download:

  IMEKO-WC-2012-TC18-O4.pdf
• DOI:

  _unreg_wc-2012.TC18-O4

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