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The incidence of Stroop interference in dyslexia
Author(s) -
Everatt J.,
Warner J.,
Miles T. R.,
Thomson M. E.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
dyslexia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1099-0909
pISSN - 1076-9242
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0909(199712)3:4<222::aid-dys12>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - dyslexia , stroop effect , psychology , reading (process) , audiology , developmental dyslexia , interference (communication) , phonological awareness , word (group theory) , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , cognition , linguistics , medicine , neuroscience , computer science , philosophy , computer network , channel (broadcasting)
An experiment is reported in which dyslexics (on average ten‐and‐a‐half years old) showed marked Stroop interference of a colour word on the naming of a colour. This interference was larger than that shown by control subjects matched for chronological age, but not larger than that experienced by a group of control subjects matched for reading age (about eight years old). Dyslexics show interference consistent with their reading age. It is hypothesized that the resources available to dyslexics for controlling automatic word reading are less than those for non‐dyslexics of a similar chronological age. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.