Expertise and performance on the emotional Stroop task

Authors
Nortje, C van der Westhuizen, LR Moller, AT Oellermann, BY
Citation
C. Nortje et al., Expertise and performance on the emotional Stroop task, PERC MOT SK, 88(3), 1999, pp. 1361-1362
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS
ISSN journal
00315125 → ACNP
Volume
88
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Part
2
Pages
1361 - 1362
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(199906)88:3<1361:EAPOTE>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
40 undergraduate students participated in an emotional Stroop task co test the hypothesis that individuals with high interest in and formal knowledge of interpersonal relationships will react with significantly longer latenci es to social-related threat words than individuals without such an interest or formal knowledge. The results did not support the hypothesis; however, an association between interference scores and order of card presentation w as found.