Effects of Shock-Arousal on a Card-Sorting Test of Color-Word Interference

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Authors

Susan J. Happ · Trinity Washington University

Abstract

A modified (card-sorting) form of the Stroop Color-Word Interference Test was used to evaluate the hypothesis that heightened arousal tends to narrow attention. Results support the hypothesis and suggest that the cardsorting Stroop task provides different levels of stimulus competition.

Topics & Keywords

Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Neuroscience and Music Perception

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volume 19, Issue 3, pp. 905-906

DOI: 10.2466/pms.1964.19.3.905

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