Cohen et al. (1990) also proposed a parallel processing model in which the word travels faster due to the greater practice of word reading. ... The study determined the stroop effect to be a result of the response-competition phenomenon, not related to the speed of processing of the color or word. ... Thus, reading the color-word is automatic as one reads very often, but naming the color is not. This theory explains why in an incongruent task subjects are slower and more error prone because they cannot avoid the automatic process of reading. ... Seeing that automaticity assumes word processing...

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In general, this indicates that a single word includes only one response thereby making reading a fast process. ... It was also clear that the current research supports Brown (1915) evaluation that the speed of completing the Stroop task was not determined by reading being a trained ability. ... Therefore, the interference was not due to the reading skills but on the association of information in the brain. ... Another one is that the participants should not have assessed each other's response time and errors as the assessor may familiarize with the Stroop task sheet and therefore, affect...

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